Treatment process for promoting weight loss employing a substituted DELTA 5-androstene

摘要

A method for controlling weight gain or promoting weight loss which includes the step of treating a subject with an effective weight gain controlling or weight loss promoting amount of a substituted (Delta)5-Androstene which is biologically effective for controlling weight gain or promoting weight loss and biologically ineffective for promoting the synthesis of sex hormones. Steroids believed to provide the desired weight control/weight loss characteristics include: (Delta)5-Androstene-3(beta),7(alpha)-diol-17-one (Delta)5-Androstene-3(beta)-ol-7,17-dione (Delta)5-Androstene-3(beta),7(alpha),17-triol (Delta)5-Androstene-3(beta),17(beta)-diol-7-one and various derivatives thereof.