Method for improving the maturity of the parturient canal and the sensitivity to oxytocin
US4005200A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 17, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 1995 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07J31/006
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A new use of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate or its salt as a parturient canal conditioning agent is disclosed. The maturity of the parturient canal and the sensitivity of uterine musculature to oxytocin are improved resulting in normal parturition by administering to a pregnant human subject at the 37th to 39th week of pregnancy a therapeutically effective amount of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts such as the sodium salt.
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