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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugene R Cooper, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424128 ; 424 88 ; 514399 ; 514947 ; 514635 ; 514374 ; 514159 ; 514165 ; 514231 ; 514270 ;
Abstract
Improved topical pharmaceutical compositions containing a pharmaceutically-active agent and the penetration enhancing agent 1-dodecylazacycloheptan-2-one are disclosed. This agent is used at selected levels in combination with certain C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 diols or a 1-substituted azacycloalkyl-2-one. This composition provides marked transepidermal and percutaneous delivery of the selected pharmaceutically-active agent. A method of treating certain pathologies and conditions responsive to the selected active, systemically or locally, is also disclosed.