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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1988
Gevork Minaskanian, Irvine, CA (US);
James V Peck, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Nelson Research & Development Co., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a method for administering systemically active agents including therapeutic agents through the skin or mucosal membranes of humans and animals in a transdermal device or formulation comprising topically administering with said systemic agent an effective amount of a membrane penetration enhancer having the structural formula ##STR1## wherein each X, Y and Z may represent oxygen, sulfur or two hydrogen atoms, provided however that, when Z represents two hydrogen atoms, both X and Y represent oxygen or sulfur and when Z represents oxygen or sulfur at least one of X and Y must represent oxygen or sulfur; m is 2-6; R' is H or a lower alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms; n is 0-16 and R is --CH.sub.3, ##STR2## wherein R' is H or halogen.