Abstract: The invention provides a multiphase pharmaceutical composition for combatting skin and anorectal conditions requiring medication comprising at least one phase containing one or more medicaments for combatting said disease and at least one porous phase containing a silicone oil absorbed therein and adapted for release, preferably delayed release, of the silicone oil whereby application of said composition at a region affected by said skin or anorectal condition deposits said medicament or medicaments thereon and a layer of silicone oil is formed thereover thus protecting the medicaments from erosion by aqueous media.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 18, 1992
Date of Patent:
June 6, 1995
Assignee:
EDKO Trading and Representation Company Ltd.