Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms as Novel Indication for Myrrh
AssigneeSonia Pharma GmbH
InventorEva Brandt
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Abstract
A novel medical indication of myrrh, namely the treatment of menopausal symptoms, is disclosed. Furthermore, pharmaceutical preparation in vaginal dosage form for the treatment of menopausal symptoms, a method for preparing a pharmaceutical preparation against menopausal symptoms, and a method for treating the human or animal body with myrrh to relieve menopausal symptoms are disclosed.
Claims15
A method of treating menopausal symptoms comprising administering a pharmaceutical preparation comprising myrrh to a person in need of such treatment.
A pharmaceutical preparation in vaginal dosage form, in particular a vaginal ointment, a vaginal cream, a vaginal gel, a vaginal liquid, a vaginal emulsion, a vaginal suspension, a vaginal foam, a vaginal tampon, a vaginal tablet, a vaginal capsule, or a vaginal suppository containing myrrh as pharmaceutical active ingredient.
A method for preparing a pharmaceutical preparation against menopausal symptoms, having the following steps:
- melting a fatty, an oleaginous or an oil-type base at an elevated temperature to obtain a melt,
- adding myrrh to the melt in an amount of 0.1 to 10 percent by weight with respect to the sum of the fatty, oleaginous or oil-type base and the myrrh to obtain a mixture,
- stirring the mixture,
- pouring the mixture into at least one mould,
- cooling the mixture to room temperature,
- removing the solidified mixture from the mould.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.