21 C.F.R. § 522.883 Etorphine hydrochloride injection.
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
(a) Chemical name. 6,7,8,14 - tetrahydro - alpha - methyl - alpha - propyl - 6,14 - endo-ethenooripavine-alpha-methanol hydrochloride. (b) Specifications. Each milliliter of etorphine hydrochloride injection, veterinary, contains 1 mg of etorphine hydrochloride in sterile aqueous solution. (c) Sponsors. See No. 053923 in §510.600(c) of this chapter. (d) Conditions of use. (1) The drug is used for the immobilization of wild and exotic animals. (2) It is administered intramuscularly by hand syringe or syringe dart at a suitable dosage level depending upon the species. (3) Do not use the drug unless diprenorphine hydrochloride injection, veterinary, as provided for in §522.723, is available for use in reversing the effects of etorphine hydrochloride injection, veterinary. (4) For use in wild or exotic animals only. Do not use in domestic food-producing animals. Do not use 30 days before, or during, the hunting season in free-ranging wild animals that might be used for food. (5) Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. Distribution is restricted to veterinarians engaged in zoo and exotic animal practice, wildlife management programs, and researchers. [40 FR 13858, Mar. 27, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 16241, Apr. 15, 1983; 61 FR 260, Jan. 4, 1996]
Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 522—IMPLANTATION OR INJECTABLE DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS
§ 522.883 Etorphine hydrochloride injection.
