Table 1.

Nonoral estrogen and progestogen products available in the US

Nonoral estrogen and progestogen products
Systemic					Local (vaginal)
Patch		Cream/gel/spray	Vaginal ring	Brand name	Cream	Tablet	Ring	Brand name
Estrogen	Progestogen	Estrogen			Estrogen
17β-estradiola				Alora®	17β-estradiol			Estrace®
				Vivelle® Vivelle-Dot® Climara® Estraderm® Fempatch™ Esclim®	Conjugated equine estrogen			Premarin®
		17β-estradiol topical emulsion/topical gel		Estrasorb™ EstroGel®		Estradiol hemihydrate		Vagifem®
				Divigel® Elestrin®			17β-estradiol	Estring®
		17β-estradiola spray		Evamist®
	17β-estradiol and norethindrone acetate			Combipatch®
	17β-estradiol and norgestimate			Ortho-Prefest®
			Estradiol acetate	Femring®

Notes:

^aBioidentical. Copyright © 2013 by The North American Menopause Society, adapted with permission. Hormone Products for Postmenopausal use in the US and Canada, November 2012. Accessed at http://www.menopause.org/docs/professional/htcharts.pdf?sfvrsn=6.⁸⁰ Alora, Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., Dublin, Ireland; Vivelle/Vivelle-Dot, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Basel, Switzerland; Climara, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Montville, NJ, USA; Estraderm, Novartis; Fempatch, Parke-Davis, Pfizer, Pharmaceuticals Inc., New York, NY, USA; Esclim, Fournier Pharma Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada; Estrasorb, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp, Scottsdale, AZ, USA; Estrogel, ASCEND Therapeutics, Inc., Herndon, VA, USA; Divigel, Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., Maple Grove, MN, USA; Elestrin, Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA; Evamist, Ther-Rx Corporation, St. Louise, MO, USA; Combipatch, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Ortho-Prefest, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Titusville, NJ, USA; Femring, Warner Chilcott (US) Inc., Parsippany, NJ, USA; Estrace (Vaginal), Warner Chilcott (US) Inc.; Premarin, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., Madison, NJ, USA; Vagifem - Novo Nordisk, Bagsvaerd, Denmark; Estring, Pharmacia and Upjohn Company, Somerset Country, NJ, USA.