Drug details

Norditropin (somatropin injection)

type of Growth Hormone Analogs

Norditropin [somatropin (rDNA origin) injection] is a form of human growth hormone used to treat growth failure in children and adults who lack natural growth hormone, and in those with chronic kidney failure, Noonan syndrome, Turner syndrome, short stature at birth with no catch-up growth, and other causes. Norditropin is also used to prevent severe weight loss in people with AIDS, or to treat short bowel syndrome.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• nausea,
• headache,
• vomiting,
• weakness,
• muscle pain,
• fatigue,
• tired feeling,
• pain in your arms or legs,
• joint stiffness or pain,
• cold symptoms (stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat), or
• injection site reactions (redness, soreness, swelling, rash, itching, pain, or bruising).
  

The following drugs are related to Norditropin, either as a replacement or used together:

• Gattex (teduglutide [rdna origin] for injection)
• Genotropin (somatropin [rdna origin])
• Humatrope (somatropin rdna origin)
• NutreStore (l-glutamine powder for oral solution)
• Skytrofa (lonapegsomatropin-tcgd for injection)
• Macrilen (macimorelin ganrules for oral solution)
• Ngenla (somatrogon-ghla injection)
• Nutropin (somatropin (rdna origin) for inj)
• Nutropin AQ (somatropin (rdna origin))
• Omnitrope (somatropin [ rdna origin] injection)
• Serostim (somatropin (rdna origin))
• Sogroya (somapacitan-beco injection)