Patent ID: 8097275

Claim:
A hydrous external skin patch, comprising an adhesive layer comprising 0.1 to 10 wt. % of a drug, 0.1 to 20 wt. % of an adhesive base, 0.001 to 3.0 wt. % of a crosslinker, 15 to 60 wt. % of water, 2 to 20 wt. % of a tackifier resin, 0.4 to 10 wt. % of a dissolving agent for the tackifier resin, 0.1 to 30 wt. % of an oil absorbing inorganic powder, and 0.1 to 20 wt. % of a dextrin fatty acid ester, wherein the skin patch has a thickness of 100 to 1,000 μm and wherein the dextrin fatty acid ester comprises dextrin palmitate, dextrin myristate, dextrin laurate and/or dextrin stearate.