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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Srinivasan Venkateshwaran, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David Fikstad, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Charles D Ebert, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
TheraTech, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424449 ; 424447 ; 424448 ;
Abstract
A method of transdermally or transmucosally delivering a hydrophilic salt form of a drug with a water-based pressure sensitive hydrophobic adhesive matrix patch optionally containing a permeation enhancer is disclosed. A matrix patch comprising a water-based pressure sensitive hydrophobic adhesive, a hydrophilic salt form of a drug, and optionally a permeation enhancer for transdermal or transmucosal delivery of the hydrophilic salt form of the drug is also disclosed.