Climara vs. Vitamin d: side effect and effectiveness comparison (a real world drug study)
Summary:
We compare the side effects and drug effectiveness of Climara and Vitamin d. The phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports (from sources including the FDA) of 403,060 people who take Climara and Vitamin d, and is updated regularly.
What is Climara?
Climara has active ingredients of estradiol. It is often used in hormone replacement therapy. eHealthMe is studying from 6,706 Climara users. Check the latest studies of Climara.
What is Vitamin d?
Vitamin d has active ingredients of ergocalciferol. It is often used in low vitamin d. eHealthMe is studying from 294,094 Vitamin d users. Check the latest studies of Vitamin d.
403,060 people who take Climara and Vitamin d are studied.

Drugs being compared in this study:
- Climara (estradiol)
- Vitamin D (ergocalciferol)
Most common side effects of the drugs, overall:
Most common side effects of the drugs, in long term (1+ years) use:
Drug effectiveness:
Climara:
- not at all: 2.27 %
- somewhat: 14.34 %
- moderate: 27.5 %
- high: 38.24 %
- very high: 17.65 %
Vitamin D:
- not at all: 4.16 %
- somewhat: 20.82 %
- moderate: 35.37 %
- high: 29.69 %
- very high: 9.96 %
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DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.
Related publications that referenced our studies
- Kapoor S, "Influence of Vitamin D Consumption and Levels on the Development of Psychiatric Disorders", Lee, Y. J., & Park, K. (2018). Secondary Raynaud’s Phenomenon and Skin Necrosis of Toes in the Paraplegic Patient with Hypertension.?Drug safety-case reports,?5(1), 7., 2014 Aug .
- Kapoor S, "Influence of Vitamin D Consumption and Levels on the Development of Psychiatric Disorders", Lee, Y. J., & Park, K. (2018). Secondary Raynaud’s Phenomenon and Skin Necrosis of Toes in the Paraplegic Patient with Hypertension.?Drug safety-case reports,?5(1), 7., 2014 Aug .
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Browse all side effects of Climara:
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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zHow the study uses the data?
The study is based on estradiol and ergocalciferol (the active ingredients of Climara and Vitamin d, respectively). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs or brand names) are also considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
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