This invention discloses a pharmaceutical formula for arthritis treatment and/or prevention. The formula contains the following raw materials: a selenium-containing inorganic compound and a zinc-containing inorganic compound. The pharmaceutical formula described herein could be manufactured for topic application and provide a faster and safer treatment for various inflammatory joint pains. Pharmacodynamics results show that the invented pharmaceutical formula can significantly reduce the level of inflammatory cytokines in the joint synovial fluid in arthritis rabbit model, and the formulated ointment can achieve better efficacy compared with Voltaren™ (diclofenac) ointment; therefore the proposed formula has promising clinical application.

Disclosed herein is a transdermal delivery system comprising galantamine or its salt as an active ingredient. Also provided are methods of delivering a therapeutically effective amount of galantamine to a subject for the treatment of a disease condition. The disease condition includes a neurological condition such as Alzheimer's disease. Kits including the transdermal delivery system and methods of making such delivery system are also provided.

Advantageously, para-chloroaniline (PCA) is minimal in antimicrobial articles prepared according to the method of the invention. A method of forming an antimicrobial article according to the invention comprises steps of: providing a polymerizable composition; incorporating an antimicrobially effective amount of at least one chlorhexidine-containing antimicrobial agent into the polymerizable composition; and, polymerizing the polymerizable composition to form chlorhexidine-containing polymer of the antimicrobial article, wherein processing temperature during the method is less than about 80° C.

The present invention relates to transdermal therapeutic systems (TTS) for the transdermal administration of fingolimod.

A drug delivery system is provided for transdermally administering a psychedelic active agent to a subject to provide continuous microdose plasma levels of the active agent or a metabolite thereof during an extended drug delivery time period. The transdermal drug delivery system comprises a drug reservoir that houses a formulation containing the active agent, a combination of a solubilizer-type permeation enhancer and a plasticizer-type permeation enhancer, and a pH stabilizing agent. The pH stabilizing agent brings the pH of the formulation, at the system-skin interface, and/or within the skin as the active agent is transported across the skin from the skin surface to the bloodstream, to within 25% of the pKa of the active agent. Formulations and methods of use are also provided.

The present invention provides a therapeutic drug that is useful for levodopa induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease. In particular, the present invention provides a composition and method for treating, improving, delaying the progression, or preventing motor complications associated with levodopa therapy for Parkinson's disease, especially levodopa induced dyskinesia (PD-LID), comprising tandospirone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein the tandospirone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof is parenterally administered.

Provided herein are transdermal delivery devices comprising ketamine, such as monolithic transdermal patches. Also provided herein are methods of preparing transdermal delivery devices. The transdermal delivery device and monolithic patch herein can have various uses, for example, for treating various diseases or disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and/or pain in a subject in need thereof.

A method for improving holding power of an adhesive agent layer in a ropinirole-containing patch comprising a backing layer and the adhesive agent layer, wherein the adhesive agent layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of ropinirole and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an adhesive agent, the method comprising: causing the adhesive agent layer to further contain a sodium salt of carbonic acid.

The present invention relates to a transdermal patch for the for the transdermal administration of oxymorphone. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the transdermal patches defined herein, as well as to the use of these patches for the treatment of pain.

Aspects of the invention include extended transdermal delivery devices for delivering buprenorphine to a subject for an extended period of time, where the transdermal delivery devices include buprenorphine, an α-hydroxy acid and a pressure sensitive adhesive. In certain instances, buprenorphine, α-hydroxy acid and the pressure sensitive adhesive are provided as a single matrix layer formulation. Also provided are methods of using the subject extended transdermal delivery devices, as well as kits containing the extended transdermal delivery device.