METHODS FOR TREATING CHRONIC OR UNRESOLVABLE PAIN AND/OR INCREASING THE PAIN THRESHOLD IN A SUBJECT AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN

摘要

To provide safe and effective methods for alleviating chronic inflammatory pain in humans with androgen deficiency symptoms.SOLUTION: Disclosed herein is a method for alleviating chronic inflammatory pain comprising: diagnosing a human subject to have at least one of a) elevated C-reactive protein, b) elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, c) DSM-IV disorder 307.80, d) DSM-IV disorder 307.89, or e) an unresolved stressor state; determining if the subject has androgen levels in the lower half of the appropriate reference range; and administering a composition comprising an androgen to the human subject when the subject has at least one of a) elevated C-reactive protein, b) elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, c) DSM-IV disorder 307.80, d) DSM-IV disorder 307.89, or e) an unresolved stressor state, along with androgen levels in the lower half of the appropriate reference range.SELECTED DRAWING: None