TOPICAL FORMULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE AN ANTIMICROBIAL / ANTIVIRAL AGENT
600568 Disclosed is an oil-in-water formulation for the inhibition of the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, characterized by enhanced skin protective properties consisting of in combination: (1) a skin protectant composition selected from the group consisting of allantoin, aluminum hydroxide gel, calamine, cocoa butter, cod liver oil, colloidal oatmeal, hard fat, kaolin, mineral oil, petrolatum, topical starch, white petrolatum, zinc acetate, zinc carbonate, zinc oxide, and mixtures thereof, provided in a skin protecting effective concentration (2) a silicone-based skin protectant composition containing at least one silicone-containing excipient provided in a skin protecting effective concentration (3) a humectant-excipient, selected from the group consisting of glycerine, anhydrous lanolin and combinations thereof, in the range of about 0.5 to 15.0 % wt/wt (4) a non-ionic emulsifier selected from the group consisting of cetearyl alcohol, ceteareth-12, ceteareth-20 and mixtures thereof, in the range from about 0.5 to 15.0 % w/w (5) a chelating compound in the range from about 0.1 to 0.01 % w/w (6) a film-forming emollient in the range from about 1.0 to 10.0% w/w and (7) water wherein contact with the skin results in the in situ formation of a skin protective barrier layer effective in inhibiting the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. (61) Addition to 588195
