---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 522.1223"
title: "21"
number: "522.1223"
heading: "Ketamine, promazine, and aminopentamide."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/522.1223"
---

# §522.1223. Ketamine, promazine, and aminopentamide.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each milliliter of solution contains ketamine hydrochloride equivalent to 100 milligrams (mg) ketamine base activity, 7.5 (mg) of promazine hydrochloride, and 0.0625 mg of aminopentamide hydrogen sulfate.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 054771 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use in cats—**
  - (1) **Amount.** Administer by intramuscular injection 15 to 20 mg ketamine base per pound of body weight, depending on the effect desired.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** It is used in cats as the sole anesthetic agent for ovariohysterectomy and general surgery.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 16191, Mar. 25, 2014]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 40 FR 13858, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[79 FR 16191, Mar. 25, 2014]