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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1993
Antiprogestin method for reducing side effects associated with low dosage hrt and oral contraception
Applicants:
Gary D. Hodgen, Norfolk, VA (US);
Krzysztof Chwalisz, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Gary D. Hodgen, Norfolk, VA (US);
Krzysztof Chwalisz, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Menses regulation and, when desired, contraception is achieved at low doses of estrogen and progestin, which otherwise would create episodes of breakthrough bleeding and/or withdrawal amenorrhea, by periodically inducing menses with an antiprogestin.