A way to formulate prasterone to both increase its oral bioavailability, and decrease the variability of its oral bioavailability.In contrast to the approach taught by the prior art, the instant approach is amenable to scale-up to commercial scale. Further, the resulting product is amenable to analysis using standard, known quantitative analytical techniques thus, unlike the prior art approach, the instant approach may be used to manufacture a product in conformity with applicable regulatory standards.