Patent ID: 7087215

Claim:
A method of administering a pharmaceutical agent to the buccal mucosae of a patient comprising: spraying a composition comprising said pharmaceutical agent in micellar form to said buccal mucosae with a metered dose dispenser, wherein said pharmaceutical agent is selected from the group consisting of insulin, heparin, low molecular weight heparin, hirulog, hirugen, huridine, interferons, cytokines, mono and polyclonal antibodies, immunoglobins, chemotherapeutic agents, vaccines, glycoproteins, bacterial toxoids, hormones, calcitonins, glucagons like peptides, antibiotics, thrombolytic compounds, platelet inhibitors, DNA, RNA, gene therapeutics, antisense oligonucleotides, hypnotics, steroids, opioids, and painkillers, and wherein said pharmaceutical agent is absorbed through said buccal mucosae and a peak plasma level of said pharmaceutical agent is obtained in less than about 1 hour.