User Reviews - Climara TD
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Reviewer: cincymom50, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I have been using the Climara Pro patch for about 5 years. It relieves my hot flashes, night sweats, anxiety, mood swings and poor sleep. I rarely have any problem with the patch falling off. One hint is to make sure you don't use lotion before applying it. In the last couple years, I have tried to stop using it and my symptoms came right back. Now I only have to apply a patch every 2 weeks a
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Reviewer: Virginia, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I was on Climara(brand name).05 mg. weekly,for about 9 years? My MD(male) said I should get off of it. I took myself off for 6 1/2 weeks and have experienced hot flashes and severe night sweats(sometimes one after another)I went back on Climara yesterday((went to my gyno) and hope to get a night's sleep soon. The Estradial(generic)did not work at all and the adhesive is not very good. I called
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Reviewer: Gwenn, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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After a complete hysterectomy I chose to "tough it out" with dry skin, hot flashes, sleeplessness, etc. When my hair began to thin and fall out I asked for the full on hormones. The patch takes about three weeks to really work. It stays on, is invisible, causes me no irritation and I feel great. It is very important to talk with your doctor about what is the right product for you. I
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Reviewer: hotflashes, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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;Menopausal symptomsI've had 2 experiences one with the generic patch and 1 with the brand Climara. The generic patch made me jumpy, anxious to the point of panic attacks. A quick call to my dr. and I received Climara. It was much better...origially it was combined with prometrium (progesterone) another pill takend for 12 days, but the combination created mood swings and I am now going to try anot
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Reviewer: middleweaves, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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If you are taking and estrogen replacement and still have your uterus - you should also be taking a progestin RX.
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