Compositions, preferably pharmaceutical compositions, containing
micronized tanaproget, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof,
microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, sodium lauryl sulfate,
butylated hydroxyanisole, povidone, and magnesium stearate, are provided.
The compositions are useful in contraception and hormone replacement
therapy and in the treatment and/or prevention of uterine myometrial
fibroids, benign prostatic hypertrophy, benign and malignant neoplastic
disease, dysfunctional bleeding, uterine leiomyomata, endometriosis,
polycystic ovary syndrome, and carcinomas and adenocarcinomas of the
pituitary, endometrium, kidney, ovary, breast, colon, and prostate and
other hormone-dependent tumors, and in the preparation of medicaments
useful therefor. Additional uses include stimulation of food intake.