Patent ID: 8211449

Claim:
An anhydrous, topical pharmaceutical aerosol foam composition, comprising in pharmaceutically-elegant and effective amounts: a lipophilic compound comprising petrolatum; cyclomethicone; 3 to 7% by weight of the total composition of a foaming agent consisting of mono-, di-, or tri-esters of sorbitol or combinations thereof selected from the group consisting of sorbitan caprylate, sorbitan diisostearate, sorbitan dioleate, sorbitan isostearate, sorbitan laurate, sorbitan monooleate, sorbitan trioleate, sorbitan sesquioleate, and combinations thereof; a topically active pharmaceutical; and a propellant, wherein the composition is comprised in an aerosol container, and wherein the amount of cyclomethicone ranges from about 5% to about 35% by weight of the total anhydrous, topical pharmaceutical aerosol foam composition.