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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1977
Santosh K Chandrasekaran, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Siegfried Darda, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Alan S Michaels, Atherton, CA (US);
Gary W Cleary, Palo Alto, CA (US);
ALZA Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
Therapeutic system in the form of a skin patch that administers clonidine transdermally in an initial priming dose of 10 to 300 mcg/cm.sup.2 of skin that brings the concentration of clonidine in the blood to a level sufficient to elicit alpha-adrenergic stimulation without intolerable side effects, followed by a substantially constant continuous dosage in the range of 0.1 to 100 mcg/hr that maintains said level. The system is a four-layer laminate of, from the top: a protective backing; a gelled, mineral oil-polyisobutene-clonidine reservoir lamina that is the source of the clonidine for the continuous constant dosage; a microporous membrane that controls the constant dosage rate; and a gelled, mineral oil-polyisobutene-clonidine contact adhesive layer that is the source of the clonidine for the priming dose and the means by which the system is attached to the skin.