An adhesive patch for external use which is significantly inhibited from causing a rash, is less irritative to the skin, and sufficiently retains adhesion to the skin. The adhesive patch is characterized by employing a pressure-sensitive adhesive base into which a sucrose fatty acid ester has been incorporated. It does not exert physical influences on the skin, such as stresses imposed on the skin during wear and upon peeling, while sufficiently retaining adhesion to the skin. It is significantly inhibited from causing a rash, and the skin irritation thereof has been minimized. This adhesive patch for external use has ideal, lowly irritative properties which have been impossible to any conventional adhesive patch for external use.本發明之目的在提供一種可以顯著減輕皮疹之產生,且對於皮膚之刺激性少,又能充分維持對於皮膚之黏附性之外用貼敷劑。本發明乃關於以黏附基劑中含有蔗糖脂肪酸酯為特徵之貼敷劑。更詳細言之,本發明可提供以往之外用貼敷劑所無法想像到的理想低刺激性外用貼敷劑,其對於皮膚可維持充分之黏附性,且能排除物理作用諸如抑制當貼敷時及剝離時對皮膚之應力,大幅度減輕皮疹之產生,同時可極力抑制對於皮膚之刺激性等。
