Steroids, their use as medicaments, their preparation process, the intermediates of this process and the compositions containing them

Products of general formula (I):

• 5
• in which either R1 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxyl radical, an alkyloxy radical containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an acyloxy radical containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and R2 represents a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom, or R1 and R2 form together a second bond, Z is chosen from alkyloxy groups containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, non-substituted or substituted alkylthio groups containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, non-substituted or substituted carbocyclic arylthio groups containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, halogen, cyano, mercapto, thiocyanato, CO2A and CH2CO2A groups, A being a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, Y represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl, the dotted line in position 1-2 or 5-6 optionally representing a second bond, as well as their addition salts with acids or bases, it being understood that 9α-fluoro-11β-hydroxy-16α-methyl-21-chloro-pregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione is excluded and it being understood that when R1 and R2 form together a double bond, Z is not a halogen atom.