A COMPOSITION FOR TOPICAL APPLICATION OF AN NSAID COMPRISES A SOLUTION OR SUSPENSION OF THE NSAID IN A CARRIER SYSTEM COMPRISING A POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL, A GLYCOL ETHER AND AN ESTER OF A HIGHER FATTY ACID, THE CARRIER SYSTEM BEING PRESENT AS A SINGLE PHASE AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. THE NSAID MAY BE DICLOFENAC AS DICLOFENAC ACID. THE POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL MAY BE A GLYCOL SUCH AS ISOPROPYLENE GLYCOL AND THE GLYCOL ETHER MAY BE A DIETHYLENE GLYCOL ETHER SUCH AS DIETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOETHYL ETHER.