Steroidal compositions
OwnerChandrashekar Giliyar, Nachiappan Chidambaram +2inventors
InventorsChandrashekar Giliyar, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Mahesh V. Patel, Srinivasan Venkateshwaran
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Abstract
Provided herein are steroid containing compositions suitable for providing therapeutically effective amounts of at least one steroid to individuals. Also provided herein are compositions comprising testosterone and/or testosterone derivatives suitable for providing therapeutically effective and safe amounts of testosterone over periods of time. Further provided are methods of treating andro- and/or testosterone deficiency in individuals by administering to the individuals compositions described herein.
Claims2
An oral pharmaceutical composition comprising:
- (i) testosterone undecanoate at about 15 weight/weight percent (w/w %) of said pharmaceutical composition;
- (ii) a lipophilic carrier comprising glyceryl monolinoleate said lipophilic carrier present at 50-70 w/w % of the pharmaceutical composition;
- (iii) 10-20 w/w % of polyoxl 40 hydrogenated castor oil;
- and (iv) a solidifying agent;
- wherein said pharmaceutical composition is a jelly, solid, semi-solid or paste-like.
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