Patent ID: 6747019
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A pharmaceutical preparation for administration to a female in need of hormone replacement therapy, comprising a plurality of doses for administration in alternating relatively dominant estrogenic activity phases, the relatively dominant estrogenic activity phases consisting of a relatively dominant estrogenic activity relatively dominant estrogenic activity phase comprising three consecutive daily doses or an equivalent thereof, of a substance exhibiting estrogenic activity equivalent to about 1 mg per day of 17&bgr;-estradiol, and a relatively dominant progestogenic activity phase comprising three consecutive daily doses or an equivalent thereof, of a combination of a substance exhibiting estrogenic activity equivalent to about 1 mg per day of 17&bgr;-estradiol and a substance exhibiting progestogenic activity equivalent to about 90 &mgr;g per day of norgestimate.