| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for administering a glucocorticoid receptor-specific antagonist to treat a patient diagnosed as stress disorder. SOLUTION: The present invention provides a method for improving a stress disorder symptom in a patient having a normal cortisol level or a lowered cortisol level. The present invention includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist into a patient who can be diagnosed as posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, or remarkable stressor-accompanying short-term psychotic disorder. In an embodiment, the method for treating the stress disorder uses the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist containing a steroid skeleton having at least one phenyl-containing portion at the 11β-position of the steroid skeleton. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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