Xylazine comes as a liquid solution for injection in 20 mg/mL, 100 mg/mL and 300 mg/mL strengths, for veterinary use only. It may be combined with other anesthetic medicines when used for animal surgery. It is typically given to animals intravenously, intramuscularly or orally. Xylazine has a rapid onset of action and its effects can last up to 4 hours in animals. 

Trade names for xylazine in veterinary medicine include: Rompun, Sedazine and AnaSed.

Xylazine is not controlled under the federal Controlled Substances Act.