Composition and method for treating diseased nails
AssigneeSorenson Pharmaceutical, Inc.
InventorsJames L. Sorenson, Robert V. Petersen
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Abstract
A nail-permeable medication means is disclosed for delivering a medicament through nails, claws, hoofs, or other similar hardened tissue of dermal derivation. The nail-permeable medication means includes a proteolytic enzyme component which facilitates permeation of substances through the hardened nail or keratin tissue, and also includes a medicament component selected to treat a specific disease. The nail-permeable medication means is particularly useful for treating onychomycosis of the fingernail or toenail, and avoids the need for more drastic therapeutic modalities, such as removal of the nail.
Claims12
A nail-permeable composition for treatment of disease conditions in animal nails comprising a proteolytic enzyme component having an effective amount of proteolytic enzyme in a concentration of from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of the applied composition to facilitate permeation through animal nails without causing debridement and a medicament component having an effective amount of disease-affecting medicament in admixture with said proteolytic enzyme component to form a topically spreadable composition.
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