Description
Description
This page contains brief details about the drug somatropin/recombinant human growth hormone, it’s indication, dosage & administaration, mechanism of action, related brands with strength, warnings and common side effects.
Date of Approval
Somatropin is a recombinant human growth hormone which was approved for its medical use in 1987.
Mechanism of Action of Somatropin/Recombinant Human Growth Hormone
Somatropin Injection is equivalent to human pituitary hormone that helps in growth. It regulates the amount of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and improves linear growth in patients with growth hormone deficiency.
Uses of Somatropin/Recombinant Human Growth Hormone
Somatropin Injection has been developed to treat growth failure in children due to deficiency of growth hormone, Prader Willi syndrome, Turner’s syndrome, small for gestational age and short stature of unknown cause. It is also indicated for adults with growth hormone deficiency of childhood or adult onset.
Somatropin/Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Dosage available
Somatropin Injection is available as prefilled syringe in the doses 4mg, 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, 4IU, 10IU, 16IU and 36IU. This injection is intended for administration through subcutaneous route and the dosing varies according to body weight and disease condition.
