Estrogen PatchTracker

0.06 mg estradiol patches

0.06 mg a day is made by 4 US products. Here is each one, best supplied first.

Updated

In the US

4 products: 1 limited, 2 available, 1 with no data.

  • Climara Bayer · Changed once a week ASHP lists it as available. Bayer says one Climara dose, which it hasn't named, faces supply constraints until early 2027. ASHP, October 18, 2026. Available
  • Estradiol weekly patch (Mylan) Mylan (Viatris) · Changed once a week ASHP lists every strength as available. ASHP, October 18, 2026. Available
  • Estradiol weekly patch (Sandoz) Sandoz · Changed once a week On allocation: pharmacies get a set share of what is made. ASHP, October 18, 2026. Limited
  • Estradiol weekly patch (Zydus) Zydus · Changed once a week Not on ASHP's shortage bulletin either way, and the maker hasn't said. ASHP, October 18, 2026. No data

0.06 mg is a once-a-week strength only: Climara and its three generics. No twice-a-week patch is made in it.

In Canada

No patch sold in Canada comes in 0.06 mg a day.

What menopause societies list as similar doses

When a patch can't be found, prescribers sometimes move people to a gel or tablets. Three menopause societies publish tables of roughly similar doses. They don't fully agree, all three call the figures approximate, and only a prescriber can make the change.

None of the three menopause society tables we follow has a row for 0.06 mg.

Any change of brand, strength or form is a decision for your prescriber, and your pharmacist can check what they can order.

The full tables, and the gels, sprays and tablets sold in the US

Sources

  1. Drug Shortage Detail: Estradiol Transdermal System, ASHP, August 12, 2026.
  2. "If this were Viagra, Canada would call in the army," but it's estrogen, and it keeps running out, Toronto Star, October 12, 2026.
  3. Drug Shortages Canada (Health Product Shortages), Drug Shortages Canada, October 18, 2026.
  4. Systemic Menopause Hormone Therapy (MHT) Equivalency Table, Canadian Menopause Society, January 1, 2025.
  5. AMS Guide to MHT/HRT Doses, Australia, Australasian Menopause Society, December 20, 2024.
  6. HRT preparations and equivalent alternatives, British Menopause Society, August 1, 2026.