Patent ID: 9011909
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A vaginal suppository for vaginal health maintenance consisting essentially of: about 2-10% by weight of a dry prebiotic suspended in a suppository base by about 0.5-1.5% weight of a dry inorganic suspending agent in the form of a solid at room temperature that melts at about 94° F. to about 100° F.; and about 0.01-0.04% by weight of a weak acid; wherein the balance of the vaginal suppository is the suppository base; wherein the vaginal health maintenance entails promotion of the growth of strains of native vaginal flora wherein the composition is essentially free of probiotics, lactoferrin, and plant extracts containing isoflavones, and is free of water and therapeutic agents; wherein the prebiotic is a bifidogenic oligosaccharide selected from the group consisting of fructo-oligosaccharide, galacto-oligosaccharide, inulin, isomalto-oligosaccharide, lactulose, soy-oligosaccharide, xylo-oligosaccharide, and combinations thereof.