A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING, PREVENTING OR REDUCING THE RISK OF DEVELOPING A TESTOSTERONE DEFICIENT DISORDER IN A FEMALE MAMMAL
The present invention relates to methods, kits, combinations, and compositions for treating, preventing or reducing the risk of developing a testosterone deficient disorder, or the symptoms associated with, or related to a testosterone deficient disorder in a female mammal in need thereof. The present invention also relates to a method of administering a steroid in the testosterone synthetic pathway, for example testosterone, to a mammal in need thereof In addition, the methods, kits, combinations and compositions may be used in conjunction with other pharmaceutical agents effective at treating, preventing, or reducing the risk of developing a testosterone deficient disorder. The methods, kits, combinations and compositions can also be used in conjunction with a pharmacologically effective amount of an estrogenic hormone, for example, estradiol. Furthermore, the methods, kits, combinations and compositions can be used in conjunction with a pharmacologically effective amount of another steroid or pharmaceutical agent that increases serum testosterone levels in a mammal, for example, methyltestosterone.