A method and system for mucosally administering a macromolecular drug to mucosa of the oral cavity is shown. The system comprises an inner drug/enhancer/polymer layer having one surface adapted to contact and adhere to the mucosal tissue of the oral cavity and an opposing surface in contact with and adhering to an overlying inert layer. The inner layer contains from about two to sixty percent by weight of a bile salt enhancer, five to sixty five percent by weight of a hydrophilic polymer which i...

The invention relates to novel titanocene derivatives possessing chemotherapeutic activity and method for their preparation. These compounds possess two cyclopentadiene rings linked to titanium as a central atom and bound covalently to two phenoxy groups which possess a substituent R selected from the group consisting of COOCH.sub.3, COOC.sub.2 H.sub.5, H, COOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.3 and are free from amino, nitro, chloride and fluoride groups. The novel compounds represent...

Methods, formulations, and a system for improved iontophoretic administration of a drug, by, preferably, topical administration of a formulation containing an active vasodilator, rubefacient, or counterirritant agent such as capsaicin on the skin at the electrode site, or, iontophoretic administration of a vasodilator formulation or alpha blocker prior to iontophoretic administration of the drug.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel compound having serotonin antagonist activity. The invention is directed to an indolecarboxamide derivative of the following general formula [I] and a serotonin antagonist composition comprising the same derivative as an active ingredient. ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 is a lower alkyl and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, a halogen, a lower alkyl or a lower alkoxy.) The compound of the invention is effective as a gastrointestinal motor activity regulator, antimi...

Drugs in which peptides having affinity specific for phospholipids, preferably those which are contained in the constituents of lipid bilayers forming the surface layers of cells and of which the proportion in the outer part of each lipid bilayer increases when the cell is not normal, for example, in the case where it is damaged, denatured or activated, and biologically active substances bind to each other, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) which codes for the amino acid sequence of the drug in the ca...

Spinal anesthetics for intrathecal administration to produce spinal anesthesia are provided with use of 6-[2-(1(2)H-tetrazole-5-yl)ethyl]decahydroisoquinolone-3-carboxylic acid or its pharmaceutically active analogues.

Stable solutions of lipophilic drugs, such as cyclosporin, forming a polar lipid self-emulsifying drug delivery system. The solutions can include lipophilic drugs, such as cyclosporin, dissolved in a polar lipid, such as having a C.sub.6-C.sub.12 fatty acid monoglyceride content of at least about 50%, surfactants and triglycerides. The composition forms a fine emulsion on exposure to water. The encapsulated dosage form of this composition needs neither a hydrophilic component nor air-tight blist...

An oily composition of an antitumor drug comprising at least one sparingly oil soluble or water-soluble antitumor drug, at least one fat or oil, and at least one solubilizing adjuvant in an oily vehicle selected from the group consisting of crown ether, lecithin, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, vitamin E, polyoxyethylene alkylether, and sucrose esters of fatty acids.

Heterocyclically substituted nitriles of the formula I ##STR1## where X is SO.sub.2, CO, S, SO or CH.sub.2, A is an alkylene or alkenylene radical of not more than 6 carbon atoms, B is --CH.dbd.CH-- or S, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy, nitro or trifluoromethyl, and their preparation and use. The novel substances are useful for treating disorders.

Phenylethylene derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and A have the meanings given in the description, and their preparation. The novel compounds are useful for combating disorders.