Somatropin

Generic name: somatropin [ soe-ma-TROE-pin ]
Brand names: Genotropin, Humatrope, Norditropin FlexPro Pen, Nutropin AQ NuSpin 10, Omnitrope, ... show all 26 brands Saizen, Serostim, Zomacton, Zorbtive, Nutropin, Norditropin, Nutropin AQ, Nutropin Depot, Norditropin Cartridge, Genotropin Miniquick, Tev-tropin, Norditropin Nordiflex Pen, Saizen Click-Easy, Omnitrope Pen 5 Cartridge, HumatroPen, Omnitrope Pen 10 Cartridge, Nutropin AQ Pen 20 Cartridge, Nutropin AQ Pen 10 Cartridge, Nutropin AQ NuSpin 5, Nutropin AQ NuSpin 20, Saizen Kit
Dosage forms: injectable kit (12 mg; 24 mg; 6 mg); injectable powder for injection (10 mg; 5 mg; 8.8 mg); subcutaneous powder for injection (0.2 mg; 0.4 mg; 0.6 mg; 0.8 mg; 1 mg; 1.2 mg; 1.4 mg; 1.6 mg; 1.8 mg; 12 mg; 2 mg; 4 mg; 5 mg; 5.8 mg; 6 mg; 8.8 mg); subcutaneous solution (10 mg/1.5 mL; 10 mg/2 mL; 15 mg/1.5 mL; 20 mg/2 mL; 30 mg/3 mL; 5 mg/1.5 mL; 5 mg/2 mL)
Drug class:Growth hormones

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com on Mar 10, 2022. Written by Cerner Multum.

What is somatropin?

Somatropin is a form of human growth hormone important for the growth of bones and muscles.

Somatropin is used to treat growth failure in children and adults who lack natural growth hormone. This includes people with short stature due to Noonan syndrome, Turner syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, short stature at birth with no catch-up growth, and other causes.

Somatropin is also used in adults to treat short bowel syndrome, or to prevent severe weight loss related to AIDS.

Somatropin may also be used for purposes not listed i