Oral octreotide therapy and contraceptive methods
AssigneeAmryt Endo, Inc.
InventorsAsi Haviv, Ruth Engle Stevens, Jennings Ray Dawkins
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Abstract
This invention relates to methods of administering oral octreotide therapy to a female subject relating to avoidance of combined oral contraceptives or use of a back-up method for contraception.
Claims12
A method of administering oral octreotide to a female subject in need thereof wherein said subject is also in need of a contraceptive method, comprising
- (a) administering to the subject oral octreotide;
- and
- (b) counseling the subject to avoid concomitant use of a combined oral contraceptive.
A method of administering oral octreotide to a female subject in need thereof wherein said subject is administered a combined oral contraceptive, comprising
- (a) administering to the subject oral octreotide;
- and
- (b) counseling the subject to use a back-up method of contraception or to use an alternative non-hormonal method of contraception.
A method of administering oral octreotide to a female subject in need thereof wherein said subject is also in need of a contraceptive method, comprising
- (a) administering to the subject oral octreotide;
- and
- (b) counseling the subject to avoid concomitant use of a contraceptive which comprises levonorgestrel or to use a back-up method of contraception or to use an alternative method of contraception.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.