FIELD: medicine, pharmaceutics.
SUBSTANCE: pharmaceutical composition contains as a first active agent, 6β, 7β; 15β, 16β-dimethylenene-oxo-17α-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactone (drospirenone) in an amount according to a daily dose after the administration of the composition and making approximately 2 to approximately 4 mg, and as a second active agent, 17a-ethinylestradiol (ethinylestradiol) in an amount according to a daily dose and making approximately 0.01 mg to approximately 0.05 mg together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or additives. The composition contains drospirenone applied on inert carrier particles. A method for preparing a pharmaceutical composition involves spraying of the drospirenone and ethinylestradiol solution on the inert carrier particles. The pharmaceutical preparation according to the invention contains a number of separately packed and individually taken daily dosage units of the described compositions in a single package used for oral administration for at least 21 days running with said daily dosage units containing the combination of drospirenone and ethinylestradiol. The composition may additionally contain 7 and less daily dosage units containing no active agent, or containing ethinylestradiol only.
EFFECT: invention provides higher oral bioavailability of drospirenone.
20 cl, 5 dwg, 5 ex
