---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 522.1372"
title: "21"
number: "522.1372"
heading: "Mepivacaine."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/522.1372"
---

# §522.1372. Mepivacaine.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each milliliter (mL) of solution contains 20 milligrams mepivacaine hydrochloride.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 054771 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use in horses—**
  - (1) **Amount.** For nerve block, 3 to 15 mL; for epidural anesthesia, 5 to 20 mL; for intra-articular anesthesia, 10 to 15 mL; for infiltration, as required; for anesthesia of the laryngeal mucosa prior to ventriculectomy, by topical spray, 25 to 40 mL, by infiltration, 20 to 50 mL.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** For use as a local anesthetic for infiltration, nerve block, intra-articular and epidural anesthesia, and topical and/or infiltration anesthesia of the laryngeal mucosa prior to ventriculectomy.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Not for 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

[71 FR 39547, July 13, 2006, as amended at 79 FR 16191, Mar. 25, 2014; 88 FR 14898, Mar. 10, 2023]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[71 FR 39547, July 13, 2006, as amended at 79 FR 16191, Mar. 25, 2014; 88 FR 14898, Mar. 10, 2023]