Track HGH (Somatropin) in Peptimes™
Somatropin is human growth hormone made by recombinant DNA technology: a protein of 191 amino acids with the same sequence as the growth hormone made by the pituitary gland. (Source: DailyMed label.)
Is HGH (Somatropin) FDA-approved?
Yes, as specific products: Genotropin, Humatrope, Norditropin, Omnitrope, Zomacton and Serostim (somatropin) are FDA-approved for the uses in their labels.
HGH (Somatropin)
Also: somatropin, human growth hormone, hGH, rhGH, GH
- Status label in the Peptimes Library
- FDA Approved
- Routes in Peptimes
- Subcutaneous
- 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.
Genotropin (somatropin) for injection
Subcutaneous
Children with growth failure due to growth hormone deficiency, Prader-Willi syndrome, being born small for gestational age, Turner syndrome or idiopathic short stature; adults with adult-onset or childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Humatrope (somatropin) for injection
Subcutaneous or intramuscular
Children with growth failure due to growth hormone deficiency, or short stature with Turner syndrome, idiopathic short stature, SHOX deficiency, or being born small for gestational age without catch-up growth; growth hormone replacement in adults with growth hormone deficiency.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Norditropin (somatropin) injection
Subcutaneous
Children with growth failure due to growth hormone deficiency or Prader-Willi syndrome, or short stature with Noonan syndrome, Turner syndrome, idiopathic short stature, or being born small for gestational age without catch-up growth; growth hormone replacement in adults with growth hormone deficiency.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Omnitrope (somatropin) injection
Subcutaneous
Children with growth failure due to growth hormone deficiency, Prader-Willi syndrome, being born small for gestational age, Turner syndrome or idiopathic short stature; adults with adult-onset or childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Zomacton (somatropin) for injection
Subcutaneous
Children with growth failure due to growth hormone deficiency, or short stature with Turner syndrome, idiopathic short stature, SHOX deficiency, or being born small for gestational age without catch-up growth; growth hormone replacement in adults with growth hormone deficiency.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Serostim (somatropin) for injection
Subcutaneous
Adults with HIV and wasting or cachexia, alongside antiretroviral therapy.
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.
- In humans
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 24 adults with growth hormone deficiency, most after treatment for pituitary tumours: lean body mass rose and fat mass fell with recombinant growth hormone, with no change in body weight. Neither changed with placebo.
Source: PMID 2687691, checked 1 Nov 2026
- Review of studies
A 2012 systematic review of 54 randomized placebo-controlled trials in over 3,400 adults with growth hormone deficiency: growth hormone was linked to less body fat and more lean body mass, more oedema and joint stiffness, and no significant change in body mass index or bone density.
Source: PMID 21865409, checked 1 Nov 2026
How to track it in Peptimes
Add somatropin 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.
- Logging: the amount you took 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 somatropin or any other compound.
More sources
- FDA, Drugs@FDA: BLA 019640 (Humatrope), BLA 020280 (Genotropin), BLA 021148 (Norditropin), BLA 021426 (Omnitrope), BLA 019774 (Zomacton), BLA 020604 (Serostim), checked 1 Nov 2026: product, route and marketing status.
- FDA, Global Substance Registration System, Somatropin, checked 1 Nov 2026: a protein of 191 amino acids, with the names human growth hormone, hGH and rhGH.
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