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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1995
Claude L Hughes, Mebane, NC (US);
Edna C Henley, St. Louis, MO (US);
Thomas B Clarkson, Clemmons, NC (US);
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Protein Technologies International, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for oral delivery. The composition includes about 1-2 mg mammalian estrogen and about 25-100 mg phytoestrogen. Compositions of the type described above are utilized, for example, in a therapeutic regimen designed to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. This method comprises the oral administration of a composition comprising a mixture of estrogen and phytoestrogen, the dosages of mammalian estrogen and phytoestrogen being about 1-2 mg, about 25-100 mg, respectively.