Estradioldrug info
estradiol 0.0006 MG/MG Topical Gel [Elestrin]
What it is used for
ELESTRIN is an estrogen indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms due to menopause
1.1 Treatment of
Moderate to Severe Vasomotor Symptoms due to Menopause
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective December 15, 2023. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
ELESTRIN (estradiol gel) contains 0.06% of estradiol, in a colorless, non-staining hydroalcoholic gel base. One pump actuation delivers ELESTRIN in a unit dose of 0.52 mg of estradiol in 0.87 g of gel. Estradiol is a white crystalline powder, chemically described as estra-1,3,5-triene-3,17-diol, (17β)-. It has a molecular formula of C 18 H 24 O 2
½H 2 O and molecular weight of 281.4. The structural formula is: The active component of ELESTRIN is estradiol. The remaining components of the gel (ethanol, propylene glycol, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, carbomer homopolymer type C, triethanolamine, edetate disodium, and purified water) are pharmacologically inactive. Elestrin Structural Formula
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective December 15, 2023. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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