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Chloramphenicol Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections such as urinary tract infections and also skin and respiratory infections and also infections associated with canine distemper in dogs. Also can help treat enteritis (inflammation of the instestine) that is caused by a specific type of bacteria. Manufacturer may vary from product shown. Prescription items are NON-RETURNABLE and NON-REFUNDABLE California Residents: Click Here For Proposition 65 Warning » close × CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: This product contains chemicals which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. (California law requires this warning to be given to customers in the state of California) For more information go to http://www.P65Warnings.ca.gov. - CAUTIONS/WARNINGS:Contraindications Because of potential antagonism, chloramphenicol should not be administered simultaneously with penicillin or streptomycin. Warning NOT FOR USE IN ANIMALS WHICH ARE RAISED FOR FOOD PRODUCTION. CHLORAMPHENICOL PRODUCTS SHOULD NOT BE ADMINISTERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR 2 HOURS PRIOR TO THE INDUCTION OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA WITH PENTOBARBITAL BECAUSE OF PROLONGED RECOVERY. CHLORAMPHENICOL PRODUCTS SHOULD NOT BE ADMINISTERED TO DOGS MAINTAINED FOR BREEDING PURPOSES. SOME EXPERIMENTS INDICATE THAT CHLORAMPHENICOL CAUSES IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY IN FEMALES, SIGNIFICANT DISORDERS IN MORPHOLOGY AS WELL AS IN FUNCTION OF THE GONADS. Hazards And Precautions 1. This antibiotic contains a chemical structure (nitrobenzene group) that is characteristic of a group of drugs long known to depress hematopoietic activity of the bone marrow. 2. In vitro-tissue culture studies using canine bone marrow cells have demonstrated that extremely high concentrations of chloramphenicol inhibit both uptake of iron by the nucleated red cells and incorporation of iron into heme. 3. Chloramphenicol products should not be administered in conjunction with or two hours prior to the induction of general anesthesia with pentobarbital because of prolonged recovery time. 4. Chloramphenicol products should not be administered to dogs maintained for breeding purposes. Some experiments indicate that chloramphenicol causes, in experimental animals, particularly females, significant disorders in morphology as well as in function of the gonads. Caution Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. Keep out of reach of children. FOR ANIMAL USE ONLY NOT FOR HUMAN USE - DIRECTIONS:Dosage and Administration Dogs - 25 mg/lb body weight every 6 hours for oral administration. - INGREDIENTS:Ingredients: Each tablet contains 1 gm of chloramphenicol - HEIGHT(INCHES): 1.000 - WIDTH(INCHES):1.000 - LENGTH(INCHES):1.000