Novel methods for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis, breast cancer, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia or atherosclerosis in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involving administration of selective estrogen receptor modulator particularly compounds having the general structure:
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and an amount of a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androst-5-ene-3&bgr;, 17&bgr;-diol and compounds converted in vivo to one of the foregoing presursor. Further administration of bisphosphonates in combination with selective estrogen receptor modulators and/or sex steroid precursor is disclosed for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis. Pharmaceutical compositions for delivery of active ingredient(s) and kit(s) useful to the invention are also disclosed.
用于治疗和/或抑制易感温血动物(包括人类)骨质疏松症、乳腺癌、高
胆固醇血症、高脂血症或动脉粥样硬化的发展的新方法,涉及给药选择性
雌激素受体调节剂,特别是具有一般结构的化合物:
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和一定量的选自脱氢
表雄酮、
硫酸脱氢
表雄酮、雄-5-烯-3&bgr;,17&bgr;
-二醇和在体内转化为上述前体之一的化合物组成的组的性类
固醇前体。本研究还公开了
双膦酸盐与选择性
雌激素受体调节剂和/或性激素前体的联合用药,用于治疗和/或抑制骨质疏松症的发展。本发明还公开了用于输送活性成分的药物组合物和试剂盒。