Track HCG in Peptimes™
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone made by the placenta, built from an alpha and a beta subunit. Pregnyl and Novarel are purified from urine; Ovidrel's choriogonadotropin alfa is made by recombinant DNA technology. (Source: DailyMed label.)
Is HCG FDA-approved?
Yes, as specific products: Pregnyl, Novarel, a generic chorionic gonadotropin and the Ovidrel prefilled syringe are FDA-approved, by prescription, for the uses in their labels.
HCG
Also: human chorionic gonadotropin, chorionic gonadotropin, Pregnyl, Novarel, Ovidrel, Ovitrelle, choriogonadotropin alfa
- Status label in the Peptimes Library
- FDA Approved
- Routes in Peptimes
- IntramuscularSubcutaneous
- Updated
- 1 Nov 2026
US regulatory status
FDA approval belongs to each product below, for its route and the uses in its label. Label uses are shortened unless quoted.
Pregnyl (chorionic gonadotropin) for injection
Intramuscular
Prepubertal cryptorchidism not due to anatomical obstruction; selected cases of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in males; and inducing ovulation and pregnancy in the infertile women the label defines.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Novarel (chorionic gonadotropin) for injection
Intramuscular
The same three uses as Pregnyl, in the patients its label defines.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Chorionic gonadotropin for injection (Fresenius Kabi)
Intramuscular
The same three uses as Pregnyl, in the patients its label defines.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Ovidrel PreFilled Syringe (choriogonadotropin alfa injection)
Subcutaneous
In the infertile women the label defines: final follicular maturation as part of assisted reproductive technology (ART), and inducing ovulation and pregnancy.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Investigational
No, for the products and uses above.
Source: Drugs@FDA, checked 1 Nov 2026
What studies have looked at
Each point says who or what was studied and what the study reported, with its source and the date we checked it. These are findings from the sources cited, not advice or a promise of any result.
- Review of studies
A 1995 meta-analysis of 33 studies in 3,282 boys with undescended testes: in the randomized trials, hCG was more effective than placebo, but the authors called the data on it scanty, and non-randomized trials overestimated the effect.
Source: PMID 7673426, checked 1 Nov 2026
How to track it in Peptimes
Add HCG in My Protocols and set the schedule you already follow: days of the week, times of day and a start date. Peptimes never suggests an amount when you log or schedule a dose. Its Library entry shows the status label “FDA Approved”; the list above gives the detail by product.
- Routes: intramuscular or subcutaneous. Choose the one that matches each dose.
- Logging: the amount you took, the route and how you feel.
- Injection sites: each dose records the site, and Insights shows where you’ve injected and how recently. It never suggests where to inject next.
- Reminders and history: reminders at your times, Dose History, the Calendar and CSV or JSON export work as described on the peptide tracker app page.
Peptimes is a tracking app, not medical advice. Talk to a licensed clinician about your treatment. Peptimes doesn’t sell HCG or any other compound.
More sources
- FDA, Drugs@FDA: BLA 017692 (Pregnyl), BLA 017016 (Ferring’s chorionic gonadotropin, Novarel), BLA 017067 (Fresenius Kabi) and BLA 021149 (Ovidrel), checked 1 Nov 2026: product, route and marketing status.
- The Pregnyl, Novarel and Fresenius Kabi labels on DailyMed, checked 1 Nov 2026, each begin their Indications section with the statement that hCG “has not been demonstrated to be effective adjunctive therapy in the treatment of obesity”.
- FDA, Global Substance Registration System, Chorionic gonadotropin and Choriogonadotropin alfa, checked 1 Nov 2026: the names HCG, Pregnyl, Ovidrel and Ovitrelle.
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