---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.970"
title: "21"
number: "520.970"
heading: "Flunixin."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.970"
---

# §520.970. Flunixin.

- (a) **Specifications.**
  - (1) Each 10-gram (g) packet of granules contains flunixin meglumine equivalent to 250 milligrams (mg) of flunixin.
  - (2) **Each 30-g syringe of paste contains flunixin meglumine equivalent to 1,500 mg of flunixin.**
- (b) **Sponsors.** See sponsors in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter for use as in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
  - (1) **No.** 000061 for use of products described in [paragraph (a)](#a).
  - (2) **No.** 061133 for use of the product described in [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2).
- (c) **Conditions of use in horses—**
  - (1) **Amount.** 0.5 mg per pound of body weight per day for up to 5 days.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** For alleviation of inflammation and pain associated with musculoskeletal disorders.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Do not use in horses intended for human consumption. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 53051, Aug. 25, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 74020, Dec. 15, 2014; 84 FR 8972, Mar. 13, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 13838, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 53051, Aug. 25, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 74020, Dec. 15, 2014; 84 FR 8972, Mar. 13, 2019]