Patent ID: 6562370
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A61K,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for enhancing the flux of a steroid drug through a body surface, comprising administering the steroid drug to a localized region of a human patient's body surface in combination with a hydroxide-releasing agent applied to the body surface in a predetermined amount effective to enhance the flux of the drug through the localized region of the body surface without causing damage thereto, and effective to provide a pH in the range of approximately 8.0 to 13 at the localized region of the body surface, during drug administration, wherein the steroid drug and hydroxide-releasing agent are present in a formulation and the amount of hydroxide-releasing agent in the formulation applied to the body surface is the total of (a) the amount required to neutralize any acidic species in the formulation plus (b) an amount equal to approximately 0.5 wt. % to 25.0 wt. % of the formulation.