Get Informed: Accretropin
Active Ingredient(s)
Somatropin
What does it do?
This product is used in the treatment of growth hormone deficiency. It works by replacing the deficiency with synthetic growth hormone.
- Last Text Update:
- 2010-Mar-15 7:34 AM
- Last Data Update:
- No data
Other Names
- HGH
- Genotropin
- Norditropin
- Humatrope
- Somatropin
- Nutropin
- Human Growth Hormon
- Serostim
- Saizen
- Nutropinaq
- Accretropin
- Zomacton
How Safe Is It?
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- Average Risk Rating
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- Pregnancy Category:
- N/A
- Black Box Warning:
- No
Facts & Figures
- Date Approved
- 30 Jul 1976
- Est US Patients*
- 43,140
- Generic Available
- No
- OTC Available
- No
User Age Distribution*
< 21
21-39
40-59
60+
Age (Years)
* Estimated number of US people currently taking Accretropin or its active ingredient based on population adjusted patient numbers registered with iGuard.org.
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How does it work in REAL PATIENTS?
iGuard is currently tracking only 287 patients on this product.
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Global Patient Feedback for Accretropin (Somatropin) ( Post a comment )
Question/Comment:
MY SON IS CURRENTLY TAKING GENOTROPIN. HE HAS BEEN ON IT FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. IT SEEMS TO HELPING HIM CATCH UP ON HIS GROWTH. HE HAS NOT HAD ANY SIGNS OF SIDE EFFECTS.
10 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-08-10 23:43:52
Question/Comment:
I just wanted to provide some additional info to my comments posted
on 12/24/08 (I'm the 60 yr. old female ). I should add I'm also taking
Niaspan which might complicate the picture.
62 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-12-26 18:30:26
Question/Comment:
I am currently taking Saizen for depression. Until 2 weeks ago, the dose was 1cc SQ @hs.
That dose was reduced to0.75cc q 2 days due to pain & stiffness in both hands, as well as pain
in both elbows. I had been on the 1cc dose for approx. 4-5 mos.
In addition, and I don't know if the Saizen is responsible, my TSH ( which had been at approx. 6.0 on a dose of 0.075mg of synthroid) 6 weeks ago went up to 38. At that point, my synthroid
was increased to 0.125mg. My TSH was again tested about a week ago and its still high @ 28. So, my synthroid was again increased to 0.175mg a few days ago. Could the Saizen be
responsible?
62 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-12-24 22:13:04
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