Patent ID: 8158613

Claim:
A pharmaceutical formulation for dermal administration to a mammal, the formulation being a solid, unit dosage form and comprising a unit dose of a therapeutically effective amount of at least 1% by weight of one or more therapeutic agents, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier medium, said formulation being solid at ambient temperature and having a softening point from 30° C. to not higher than 35° C., such that upon being placed in continuous contact with an area of the skin of a mammalian patient to be treated, it is softened or melted to effect administration of the unit dose of said therapeutic agent to the mammalian patient within a time period of less than 5 minutes, wherein the formulation is in the form of a tablet and is not bullet shaped or conical shaped, and wherein the carrier medium comprises cocoa butter or one or more glycerides, where the glycerides are selected from the group consisting of mono-glycerides, di-glycerides and tri-glycerides and the formulation is not provided as a medicinal transdermal patch or plaster.