Climara Pro, a new COMBINATION estrogen and progestin patch for relieving menopausal symptoms

January 2004

Berlex is now marketing Climara Pro, a new COMBINATION estrogen and progestin patch for relieving menopausal symptoms.

It's the second combo patch...after CombiPatch.

Climara Pro provides 0.045 mg/day estradiol and 0.015 mg/day levonorgestrel.

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