Method and percutaneously administering physiologically active agents using an alcohol adjuvant and a solvent

摘要

A method of percutaneously administering a physiologically active agent which comprises applying to the skin of a mammal a physiologically active agent in a carrier system which comprises at least one adjuvant and at least one solvent. The adjuvant can be selected from higher monoalcohols or mixtures thereof. The solvent can be selected from thioglycerols, lactic acid and esters thereof, cyclic ureas, compounds represented by the general formula R1R2NCONR3R4, pyrrolidone-type compounds, amides, lactones or mixtures thereof.