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.
本发明提供了一种治疗因中枢或外周神经系统细胞代谢障碍引起的急性神经退行性疾病患者的方法,包括向该患者施用治疗有效量的7α-羟基取代类
固醇,所述7α-羟基取代类
固醇选自
雌二醇、
去氢表雄酮和
孕酮的7α-羟基衍
生物及其代谢前体。本发明还提供了使用这些化合物制造药物和神经保护组合物的方法。