Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of skin have been prepared in a carrier which contains 40 to 60% of liquid paraffin, 40 to 60% of solid paraffin, and 0.5 to 5% of microcrystalline wax. The new carrier is especially suitable for readily oxidizable drugs such as dithranol and its derivatives. From the compositions of the invention it is possible to prepare sufficiently thin and hard, yet non-brittle sticks by means of which the drug can be applied at precisely the desired point of the skin.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of matrix-type tablets with retarded liberation of the active agent. The liberation of the active agent from the tablets takes place at a speed that has been adjusted precisely in advance. In the granulation process, polymethacrylate plastics insoluble in neutral or slightly acid water either as dissolved in an organic solvent or as a water dispersion are used as the retarding matrix substance. Before the tablets are compressed, an ester of a large-molecule fatty acid or a product obtained from same by means of hydrogenation is mixed into the grain mix in order to adjust the rate of liberation of the active agent.