The present invention features methods and apparatus'for improving
administration of drugs through the use of specifically controlled heat
and other physical means. The present invention relates to the use of heat
and other physical means in conjunction with specially designed dermal
drug delivery systems, conventional commercial dermal drug delivery
systems, or drugs delivered into a sub-skin depot site via injection and
other methods to alter, mainly increase, the drug release rate from the
dermal drug delivery systems or the depot sites to accommodate certain
clinical needs.