Abstract: The present invention provides a buffered non-flowing composition suitable for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. The composition includes metronidazole in a concentration of about 0.50% (w/w) to about 1.50% (w/w). The metronidazole is present together with a buffer system in a physiologically tolerable medium. The buffer system provides an acidic buffered pH value for the composition in the range of about 5.0 to about 6.0. The present invention also provides for a method for inhibiting a microorganism. The method includes contacting a microorganism with an effective amount of the composition of the present invention, for a period of time effective to inhibit the microorganism. The present invention also provides for a method for treating bacterial vaginosis in a human patient. The method includes intravaginal administration to a patient in need of such treatment an effective amount of the composition the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-water soluble, film-forming composition which adheres to body tissue and forms a pharmaceutical carrier to provide localized delivery of an antifungal agent to a treatment site. The composition will typically include: (a) an alkyl cellulose; (b) a hydroxyalkyl cellulose; (c) a pharmaceutically acceptable polar protic solvent; (d) an antifungal agent selected from the group of naftifine, ciclopirox, terbinafine, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and combinations thereof; (e) an glycol ether; (f) an antipruritic agent selected from the group of camphor, menthol, butamben picrate, metacresol, benzyl alcohol, camphorated metacresol, juniper tar, phenol, phenolate sodium, resorcinol, camphorated metacresol, carbolic acid, and combinations,; and (g) a solubility enhancing agent, a surfactant, a wetting agent, or a combination thereof.