- Method alleviating migraine headache with mast cell degranulation blocking agents
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A method of preventing or alleviating a migraine headache which comprises administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a mast cell degranulation blocking agent just prior to or during the prodromal phase of the migraine in the absence of an analgesic. The agent can also be administered in combination with a central nervous system stimulant.
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- Steroid derivatives
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Novel 19-nor steroids and 19-nor-D-homo-steroids of the formula STR1 wherein R 1 is an organic radical of 1 to 18 carbon atoms containing at least one atom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorous and silicon with the atom immediately adjacent to the 11-carbon atom being carbon, R 2 is a hydrocarbon of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, X is selected from the group consisting of a pentagonal ring and a hexagonal ring optionally substituted and optionally containing a double bond, B and C together form a double bond or an epoxy group, the C A group at position 3 is selected from the group consisting of C O, ketal, which may be open or closed STR2 are selected from the group consisting of alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms and aralkyl of 7 to 15 carbon atoms and their non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts having anti-glucocorticoid activity and a process for their preparation.
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