A method is provided for treating a patient in need of therapy for acute neuronal degeneration due to metabolic compromise of central or peripheral nervous system cells comprising administering to that patient a therapeutically effective amount of a 7&agr;-hydroxy substituted steroid selected from 7&agr;-hydroxy-derivatives of estradiols, dehydroepiandrosterones and pregnenolones, and metabolic precursors thereof. Use of such compounds for manufacture of medicaments and neuroprotective compositions are also provided.
提供了一种治疗因中枢或外周神经系统细胞代谢妥协而需要治疗急性神经退行性的患者的方法,包括向该患者施用从
雌二醇、
去氢表雄酮和
孕酮的7α-羟基衍
生物中选择的一种7α-羟基取代类
固醇的治疗有效量,以及其代谢前体。还提供了这些化合物用于制造药物和神经保护组合物的用途。