申请人:Monti-Bloch Louis
公开号:US20070059249A1
公开(公告)日:2007-03-15
Methods and compositions for the treatment of social phobia are provided, including administering a therapeutically effective amount of an androsta-4,16-dien-3-ol steroid to an individual in need of treatment and a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of social phobia having a therapeutically effective amount of an androsta-4,16-dien-3-ol steroid. Therapeutically effective amounts may be, for example, between about 100 picograms and about 100 micrograms, or between about 1 nanogram and about 10 microgram, or between about 10 nanograms and about 1 microgram of an androsta-4,16-dien-3-ol steroid. Administration of the androsta-4,16-dien-3-ol compound is preferably intranasal administration to the nasal passages and the vomeronasal organ of the individual. A preferred androsta-4,16-dien-3-ol steroid is [3β]-androsta-4,16-dien-3-ol. In some embodiments of the methods, both [3β}-androsta-4,16-dien-3-ol and [3α],-androsta-4,16-dien-3-ol are administered to a patient, and are included in a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of social phobia.
本文提供了治疗社交恐惧症的方法和组合物,包括向需要治疗的个体施用一种治疗有效量的雄甾四烯-3-醇类固醇,并且提供了一种治疗社交恐惧症的药物组合物,其中含有一种治疗有效量的雄甾四烯-3-醇类固醇。治疗有效量可以是例如在100皮克和100微克之间,或者在1纳克和10微克之间,或者在10纳克和1微克之间的雄甾四烯-3-醇类固醇。雄甾四烯-3-醇化合物的施用最好是通过鼻腔和鼻咽管器官的鼻内给药。一种首选的雄甾四烯-3-醇类固醇是[3β]-雄甾四烯-3-醇。在某些方法的实施中,[3β]-雄甾四烯-3-醇和[3α]-雄甾四烯-3-醇都被施用给患者,并且包含在治疗社交恐惧症的药物组合物中。