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:
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.
针对易感温血动物,包括人类,治疗和/或抑制骨质疏松症、乳腺癌、高
胆固醇血症、高脂血症或动脉粥样硬化的新方法涉及给予选择性
雌激素受体调节剂,特别是具有以下一般结构的化合物:以及来自
去氢表雄酮、
去氢表雄酮硫酸酯、雄甾-5-烯-3β,17β
-二醇和体内转化为上述前体之一的化合物之一的性激素前体的数量。此外,揭示了联合给予
双膦酸盐与选择性
雌激素受体调节剂和/或性激素前体用于治疗和/或抑制骨质疏松症的方法。还公开了用于传递活性成分的药物组合物和有益于该发明的工具包。