Oral pharmaceutical products containing 17beta-estradiol-3-lower alkanoate, method of administering the same and process of preparation

A pharmaceutical dosage unit for oral administration to a human female comprising a therapeutically effective amount of 17beta-estradiol-3-lower alkanoate, most preferably 17beta-estradiol-3-acetate, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for treating a hu...

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Hauptverfasser: DEVRIES TINA M, ALOBA OLUWOLE T
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Zusammenfassung:A pharmaceutical dosage unit for oral administration to a human female comprising a therapeutically effective amount of 17beta-estradiol-3-lower alkanoate, most preferably 17beta-estradiol-3-acetate, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for treating a human female in need of 17beta-estradiol and a contraceptive method by oral administration of the pharmaceutical dosage unit and a method of preparing a pharmaceutical composition that may be used to form the pharmaceutical dosage unit of the invention.