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Manufacturer |
Pfizer |
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Distributor |
Hong Kong: Zuellig/Macau: The Glory Medicina |
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Contents |
Somatropin |
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Indications |
Adult: Replacement therapy w/ pronounced growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Childn: Growth disturbance due to insufficient secretion of growth hormone & growth disturbance associated w/ Turner syndrome or chronic renal insufficiency. Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) for improvement of growth & body composition.
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Dosage |
GHD Adult 0.2-0.5 mg/day. Patients w/ adult onset of GHD 0.15-0.3 mg/day. Childn 0.025-0.035 mg/kg/day or 0.7-1 mg/m2 BSA/day. PWS 0.035 mg/kg/day or 1 mg/m2 BSA/day. Turner syndrome & chronic renal insufficiency 0.045-0.05 mg/kg/ day or 1.4 mg/m2 BSA/day. Growth disturbance in short childn born small for gestational age 0.035 mg/kg/day or 1 mg/m2 BSA/day.
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Overdosage |
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Contraindications |
Evidence of tumour activity. Childn w/ closed epiphyses. Patient w/ acute critical illness suffering from complications following open heart surgery, abdominal surgery, multiple accidental trauma, acute resp failure or similar conditions.
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Special Precautions |
Observe for evidence of glucose intolerance; DM. Perform thyroid function test after starting treatment. Intracranial HTN. Severe obesity, history of resp impairment or sleep apnoea, or unindentified resp infection. Discontinue at renal transplantation. Pregnancy. Adolescent.
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Adverse Drug Reactions |
Ab formation. Adult: Paraesthesia, stiffness in the extremities, arthralgia, myalgia, peripheral oedema. Childn: Transient local skin reactions.
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Drug Interactions |
Sex steroids, corticosteroids, anticonvulsants, ciclosporin.
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Pregnancy Category (US FDA) |
Category B: Either animal-reproduction studies have not demonstrated a foetal risk but there are no controlled studies in pregnant women or animal-reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect (other than a decrease in fertility) that was not confirmed in controlled studies in women in the 1st trimester (and there is no evidence of a risk in later trimesters). |
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Caution For Usage |
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Description |
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Mechanism of Action |
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ATC Classification |
H01AC01 - somatropin ; Belongs to the class of somatropin and somatropin agonists. Used in anterior pituitary lobe hormone and analogue preparations. |
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Presentation/Packing |
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Genotropin injection |
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Genotropin (two-compartment) 5.3 mg x 1's |
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Manufacturer: |
Pfizer |
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Distributor: |
Hong Kong: Zuellig
Macau: The Glory Medicina |
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