DEFINITION
Methylene Blue Compounded Injection, Veterinary, is a sterile solution of Methylene Blue in Water for Injection. It contains NLT 95.0% and NMT 105.0% of the labeled amount of methylene blue (C16H18ClN3S). Prepare Methylene Blue Compounded Injection, Veterinary, 10 mg/mL, as follows (see Pharmaceutical Compounding—Sterile Preparations 〈797〉). Dissolve an accurately weighed quantity of Methylene Blue in Sterile Water for Injection or Sodium Chloride Injection (0.9%), and dilute to volume with mixing. Sterilize by a suitable means, such as sterile filtration or autoclaving.