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Climara is a HRT patch that treats symptoms caused by the menopause, such as hot flashes and disturbed sleep.
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Climara is a patch treatment that eases menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, mood changes and vaginal dryness. It delivers an estrogen (estradiol) through your skin. Estrogen, along with progesterone, are naturally produced hormones that play a vital role in reproductive health.
As the menopause starts and these hormones decline, it’s common to experience a range of unpleasant symptoms as your body adjusts to its changing hormone levels. By providing you with a small amount of estradiol every day, Climara can help to control and relieve these symptoms.
Climara provides you with estrogen, to replace your body’s natural levels that start to decline as you experience the menopause. The adhesive patches deliver estrogen to your bloodstream through your skin in a gradual, controlled way, which replicates the way your ovaries would normally produce it.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) helps to control your hormone levels — by supplementing the lack of estrogen in your body, it can help ease common menopause symptoms like hot flashes, sleep disturbances and dizziness. Climara can also help treat bone density mineral loss (where your bones become weakened), known as osteoporosis, a condition which postmenopausal women are prone to. Using HRT has been proven to significantly reduce bone fractures.
A clinician can give you more advice about any other symptoms you’re experiencing, and the patient information leaflet (PIL) that comes with your medication lists all the symptoms Climara can help with.
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Each strength of Climara patch is applied in the same way. The patches need to be placed on your lower abdomen, or buttocks. You should never put the patches directly onto your breasts or waistline, where they are likely to rub or catch on your clothes. You should also avoid any areas where you have hair, as it can make removing the patches painful.
Apply the patches using the following steps:
Climara patches need to be changed every 7 days. Remove the old patch by gently peeling it off, and find a new area of skin to apply a fresh patch.
Climara is available in five different strength patches that provide 0.025mg, 0.0375mg, 0.050mg, 0.060mg or 0.075mg of estradiol per day.
A clinician will prescribe the dose they think will work best for controlling your menopause symptoms. You’ll usually be started on the lowest dose patch to see how you respond to it. If you feel like it isn’t working well enough, you can speak to your clinician about trying a higher strength patch.
How we source info.
When we present you with stats, data, opinion or a consensus, we’ll tell you where this came from. And we’ll only present data as clinically reliable if it’s come from a reputable source, such as a state or government-funded health body, a peer-reviewed medical journal, or a recognised analytics or data body. Read more in our editorial policy.
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