Abstract:
Methods of using 7 alpha ,11ss-dimethyl-17ss-hydroxyestra-4,14-dien-3-one (III) 7 alpha -methyl-17ss hydroxyestra-4,14-dien-3-one, and 17 esters thereof for various hormonal therapies, oral and parenteral dosage forms comprising these actives, and processes for their preparation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing crystallines from active ingredients in medicaments, the average particle size thereof lying within a given range and the maximum particle size thereof not exceeding a given value. During crystallisation, an oversaturated solution is subjected to wet milling by means of a wet milling device; as a result, a primary grain suspension is obtained. The invention also relates to crystals obtained according to said method and pharmaceutical formulations containing said crystals.
Abstract:
Androgens, such as testosterone, methyltestosterone, and epitestosterone, are disclosed herein as being neuroprotective, in that they inhibit or prevent cell death or apoptosis of neural cells. A neuroprotective effect of androgens on primary cultures of human neurons with respect to serum deprivation-mediated apoptosis and amyloid beta peptide mediated neurotoxicity is described. The invention thus provides methods and uses of androgens as well as compositions and commercial packages comprising androgens for the prevention and/or treatment of neural or neurodegenerative disease and for the prevention and/or inhibition of cell death. The invention further provides methods of identifying and screening compounds for the prevention and/or treatment of neural or neurodegenerative disease.
Abstract:
A method of preventing and treating abnormal metabolic bone disorders in a postmenopausal or oophorectomized woman is disclosed, which comprises administering to said an effective amount of exemestane or 17-hydro-exemestane, alone or in combination with additional therapeutic agents.
Abstract:
Methods of using 7α,11ß-dimethyl-17ß-hydroxyestra-4,14-dien-3-one (III) 7α-methyl-17ß hydroxyestra-4,14-dien-3-one, and 17 esters thereof for various hormonal therapies, oral and parenteral dosage forms comprising these actives, and processes for their preparation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system for providing sexual hormones, containing a rear coating which is impermeable for active ingredients, an adhesive polymer matrix joined thereto containing a sexual hormone and substances promoting skin penetration, in addition to a protective layer which can be removed before application. The invention is characterised in that the polymer matrix contains the sexual hormone testosterone and a mixture containing at least one substance from the group comprising fatty alcohol esters and fatty acid esters, which promote penetration, and at least one penetration-promoting substance which is easily volatile.
Abstract:
The invention relates to novel C-19-halogen-substituted steroids of the androst-9(11)-ene series, i.e. 17 beta -hydroxy-19-halogen-androsta-4,9(11)-diene-3-one of general formula (I) and to methods for the production thereof. The invention also relates to the use of novel radiohalogen-marked compounds of formula 1 as radiopharmaceuticals. The invention further relates to non-marked compounds(I) of formula I as initial products for the production of novel biologically effective 5 beta -substituted Androst-9(11)-enes of general formula (II) and novel 6 beta 19-cycloandrostadienes of formula (III), in addition to methods and uses thereof.
Abstract:
17-Methylene-androstan-3α-ol analogs are useful as corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) inhibitors, and especially as anti-depressants, when administered to the vomeronasal organ. An improved synthesis of 17-methyleneandrost-4-en-3α-ol is disclosed.
Abstract:
Method of selectively removing volatile components from a composition, comprising coating the composition onto a first substrate surface of a substrate (38), wherein the composition comprises a nonresident volatile component and a resident volatile component. The method further includes positioning at least a portion of the coated substrate (36) between a condensing surface (32) having a condensing surface temperature (Tc) and a heating surface (34) having a heating surface temperature (TH) that is greater than the condensing surface temperature, wherein the condensing surface (32) is in a spaced apart, confronting relationship to the coated surface (44) of the substrate (38) and wherein the heated surface (34) is in thermal contact with a second substrate surface (42) opposite the first substrate surface. In the method, the heated surface temperature (TH) and the condensing surface temperature (Tc) are such that the positioning step causes the nonresident volatile component to be selectively removed from the portion of the coated substrate. The method is suitable for forming transdermal drug delivery compositions (36).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods, kits, combinations, and compositions for treating, preventing or reducing the risk of developing a testosterone deficient disorder, or the symptoms associated with, or related to a testosterone deficient disorder in a female mammal in need thereof. The present invention also relates to a method of administering a steroid in the testosterone synthetic pathway, for example testosterone, to a mammal in need thereof. In addition, the methods, kits, combinations and compositions may be used in conjunction with other pharmaceutical agents effective at treating, preventing, or reducing the risk of developing a testosterone deficient disorder. The methods, kits, combinations and compositions can also be used in conjunction with a pharmacologically effective amount of an estrogenic hormone, for example, estradiol. Furthermore, the methods, kits, combinations and compositions can be used in conjunction with a pharmacologically effective amount of another steroid or pharmaceutical agent that increases serum testosterone levels in a mammal, for example, methyltestosterone.