| Drug Name |
Somatropin |
| Drug ID |
BADD_D02055 |
| Description |
Human growth hormone (HGH), also known as somatotropin, is a peptide hormone that is synthesized and secreted by the somatotropic cells of the anterior pituitary gland.[A228183] Growth hormone plays an essential role in growth regulation during childhood as well as other basal metabolic functions, muscle and fat mass regulation, blood glucose level regulation, and lipid regulation in both children and adults.[A228183, L31508] Synthesized in a strain of _Escherichia coli_, recombinant HGH is a polypeptide hormone that contains 191 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 22 kDa. It has an identical primary protein structure to endogenous human growth hormone.[A228188] Recombinant HGH has been commercially available since 1985 after its development by Genentech. [Somatrem] was the first available recombinant HGH and was largely replaced by somatropin, another form of recombinant HGH.[A228183]
Growth hormone therapy is approved for various disorders of growth hormone deficiency, growth failure, or short stature including Turner syndrome, chronic renal insufficiency before transplantation, Prader-Willi syndrome, a history of fetal growth restriction, short stature homeobox (SHOX) haploinsufficiency, Noonan syndrome, idiopathic short stature, and adult- or childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency.[A228188] Recombinant growth hormone is available as a subcutaneous injection for children and adults under a wide variety of brand names. |
| Indications and Usage |
For treatment of dwarfism, acromegaly and prevention of HIV-induced weight loss |
| Marketing Status |
Prescription; Discontinued |
| ATC Code |
H01AC01 |
| DrugBank ID |
DB00052
|
| KEGG ID |
D02691
|
| MeSH ID |
D019382
|
| PubChem ID |
Not Available
|
| TTD Drug ID |
D09DMQ
|
| NDC Product Code |
55566-1902; 44087-0004; 62287-190; 44087-0006; 55566-1901; 0002-8149; 50242-075; 0013-2655; 0013-2626; 44087-3388; 68594-040; 0002-8148; 0002-8147; 0013-2650; 0169-7705; 0781-4004; 0013-2653; 0013-2649; 0013-2658; 50242-076; 0013-2646; 0013-2656; 50242-074; 44087-0005; 0781-3001; 44087-1005; 55566-1801; 44087-0016; 0013-2652; 0169-7708; 50242-931; 0013-2654; 0013-2651; 0169-7704; 0781-3004; 44087-1088; 0013-2657; 0169-7703; 57831-0423 |
| Synonyms |
Human Growth Hormone | Growth Hormone, Human | hGH (Human Growth Hormone) | Somatropin (Human) | Somatotropin (Human) | Somatropin | Serostim | Zomacton | Cryo-Tropin | Cryo Tropin | CryoTropin | Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (Mammalian) | r-hGH-M | r-hGH(m) | Humatrope | Umatrope | Maxomat | Norditropin | Norditropin Simplexx | Norditropine | Nutropin | Omnitrope | Saizen | Genotropin | Genotonorm |
