Cephalosporin restrictions

摘要

FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) released a final rule in early January prohibiting some extralabel uses of cephalosporins in food animals. Let's discuss which antibiotics are included in this group, the rationale, and changes coming down the road. But, first of all, it's important to understand that the cephalosporins aren't being withdrawn from the market. You'll still be able to use ceft-iofur products according to label directions when the drug is prescribed by a veterinarian for this use. Also under guidance of a veterinarian, and within the confines of extralabel use regulations, you will be able to use these products for off-label indications, but only if the rest of the label regimen is followed (dose, route of administration, duration, and frequency of treatment). Veterinarians will no longer have the ability to prescribe an altered regimen.