PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION CONTAINING, ON THE ONE HAND, AS ACTIVE PRINCIPLE THE 9-ALPHA,11-BETA DICHLORO-16-ALPHA METHYL 21-OXYCARBONYLDICYCLOHEXYLMETHYLOXY PREGNA-1,4-DIENE 3,20-DIONE AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, AN INERT PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENT WHICH IS ABLE TO PERMIT THE ACTIVITY OF THE PRODUCT IN THE RECTUM OR IN THE COLON AND THE UTILIZATION OF THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLE IN THE PREPARATION OF SUCH A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION

摘要

A novel method of treating inflammation of the colon and rectum of warm-blooded animals comprising administering to the colon and rectum of warm-blooded animals an anti-inflammatorily effective amount of 9 alpha ,11 beta -dichloro-16 alpha -methyl-21-oxycarbonyldicyclohexylmethoxy- DELTA 1,4-pregnadiene-3,20-dione.