| abstract |
A patch characterized by comprising formoterolnand/or salt thereof as a medicinal ingredient, ansolvent thereof, a tackifier, and an excipient and/or anplasticizer and being subatantially water-free. Thenpatch serves to effect percutaneous absorption of thenformoterol and/or salt thereof, allows the drug efficacynof the compound to persist stably for long, and thus isnefficacious for diseases which can be cured ornprevented by exciting β receptors, such as asthma. |