Efficacy and safety of ultra-low-dose Vagifem (10 mcg)

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Table 1 Current hormonal therapies for vulvovaginal atrophy

Drug name	Drug category	Form and delivery	Dosage	Pharmaceutical company
Premarin vaginal cream^®	Estrogen derivative	Vaginal cream	0.625 mg conjugated estrogens	Wyeth
Estrace^®	Estrogen derivative	Vaginal cream	0.01% estradiol cream	Warner Chilcott
Estring^®	Estrogen derivative	Vaginal ring	7.5 mcg 17β estradiol	Pfizer
*Femring^®	Estrogen derivative	Vaginal ring	0.05 mg or 0.1 mg estradiol	Warner Chilcott

* Note: Femring^® is FDA-approved for both local and systemic hormone therapy.