This invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of conditions that are responsive to the elevation of testosterone levels in the body and the use of estrogen agonists/antagonists for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment of conditions that are responsive to the elevation of testosterone levels in the body. The compositions are comprised of an estrogen agonist/antagonist and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, carrier or diluent. These compositions are effective in treating male subject sexual dysfunction and timidity in female subjects including post-menopausal women and are effective in increasing libido in female subjects including post-menopausal women. In the case of male subject sexual dysfunction, the compositions may also include a compound which is an elevator of cyclic guanosine 3′,5′-monophosphate (cGMP). Additionally, the compositions are effective in other conditions whose etiology is a result of testosterone deficiency or which can be ameliorated by increasing testosterone levels within the body. Methods of the invention include the treatment of conditions that are responsive to elevation of testosterone levels such as treating male subject sexual dysfunction and timidity in female subjects including post-menopausal women and the increase of libido of female subjects including post-menopausal women. The methods of treatment are effective while substantially reducing the concomitant liability of adverse effects associated with testosterone administration.
本发明涉及用于治疗对体内
睾酮水平升高有反应的疾病的方法和制药组合物,以及使用
雌激素激动剂/拮抗剂制造治疗对体内
睾酮水平升高有反应的疾病的药物。该组合物由
雌激素激动剂/拮抗剂和药学上可接受的载体、载体或稀释剂组成。这些组合物对治疗男性主体性功能障碍和女性主体包括绝经后妇女的胆怯症状有效,并且对增加女性主体包括绝经后妇女的性欲有效。对于男性主体性功能障碍的情况,该组合物还可以包括一种升高环
磷鸟苷酸3',5'-单
磷酸(cGMP)的化合物。此外,该组合物对其他疾病的疗效是通过
睾酮缺乏引起的或可以通过提高体内
睾酮水平来改善的。本发明的方法包括治疗对
睾酮水平升高有反应的疾病,如治疗男性主体性功能障碍和女性主体包括绝经后妇女的胆怯症状以及增加女性主体包括绝经后妇女的性欲。该治疗方法在显著降低
睾酮治疗的不良反应同时具有疗效。