New estrogen patch called Climara
February 1998
Berlex is now marketing a new estrogen patch called Climara. It contains estradiol...like Estraderm and Vivelle.
Climara is a small, thin patch...similar to Vivelle. The drug is embedded directly in the adhesive...instead of in a gel layer.
Climara comes in two strengths...0.05 and 0.1 mg/day.
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