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Climara Pro Drug Center

What is Prescribing information?

The FDA package insert formatted in easy-to-find categories for health professionals and clinicians.

Climara Pro Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage

Climara Pro® (Estradiol/Levonorgestrel) Structural Formula Illustration

In women with an intact uterus, Climara Pro (estradiol, levonorgestrel transdermal) is indicated in the:

  1. Treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause.
  2. Prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. When prescribing solely for the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis, therapy should only be considered for women at significant risk of osteoporosis and non-estrogen medications should be carefully considered.

The mainstays for decreasing the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis are weight bearing exercise, ade...

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What is Patient information?

Easy-to-read and understand detailed drug information and pill images for the patient or caregiver from Cerner Multum.

Climara Pro Patient Information: Side Effects

Stop using this medication and get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Call your doctor at once if you have any of the following serious side effects:

  • signs of a blood clot (sharp chest pain, coughing up blood, shortness of breath, pain in your calf);
  • signs of a heart attack (crushing chest pain, left-arm numbness);
  • signs of a stroke (sudden severe headache, problems with vision or speech, weakness, numbness);
  • na...

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What is Consumer information?

A concise overview of the drug for the patient or caregiver from First DataBank.

Climara Pro Consumer Information: Uses

This medication contains 2 female hormones: an estrogen (estradiol) and a progestin (levonorgestrel). It is used by women to help reduce a certain symptom of menopause (hot flashes). Symptoms of menopause are caused by the body making less estrogen. The progestin in this medication helps to reduce the risk of cancer of the uterus which can be caused by using estrogen. Women who have had their uterus removed do not need the progestin and therefore should not use this combination medication.

If you are using this medication to treat symptoms only in and around the vagina, products applied dir...

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What is Climara Pro Consumer Information?

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Climara Pro - User Reviews

Climara Pro User Reviews

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