Patent ID: 7435725

Claim:
A method for the reduction or treatment of radiation injury comprising the step of orally administering to a human prior to expected exposure to radiation, during exposure to radiation or after exposure to radiation, a composition which comprises an amount of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of vitamin D 3 ,1(S), 3(R)-dihydroxy-20(R)-(1-ethoxy-5-ethyl-5-hydroxy-2-heptyn-1-yl )-9, 10-seco-pregna-5(Z), 7(E), 10 (19)-triene, cholesterols, 7-dehydrocholestrol, 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 , and 25- hydroxycholecalciferol, calcitriol, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which is effective, when administered orally, to inhibit at least one of cell differentiation and cell proliferation, and an effective amount of one or more antioxidants selected from the group consisting of α-lipoic acid, chlorophyllin, glutathione, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of each of the foregoing antioxidants, and wherein the radiation injury results from one or more types of radiation selected from the group consisting of proton radiation, fluoroscopic radiation, alpha radiation, beta radiation and gamma radiation and the radiation injury is selected from radiation dermatitis, vomiting, bone marrow damage and intestinal damage.