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Somatropin

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Medication Safety Issues

Sound-alike/look-alike issues:
  • Humatrope® may be confused with homatropine
  • Somatrem may be confused with somatropin
  • Somatropin may be confused with homatropine, somatrem, sumatriptan

International issues:
  • Genotropin® may be confused with Genatropine® which is a brand name for atropine in France

Pronunciation

(soe ma TROE pin)

Generic Available

No

U.S. Brand Names

  • Genotropin Miniquick®
  • Genotropin®
  • Humatrope®
  • Norditropin®
  • Norditropin® NordiFlex®
  • Nutropin AQ®
  • Nutropin®
  • Omnitrope®
  • Saizen®
  • Serostim®
  • Tev-Tropin®
  • Zorbtive®

Canadian Brand Names

  • Humatrope®
  • Nutropin®
  • Nutropin® AQ
  • Saizen®
  • Serostim®

Therapeutic Categories

  • Growth Hormone

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