HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (HCG) INJECTABLE

If you are pregnant, do not use this medication. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant during treatment.

Common side effects include:

• pain at the injection site
• fatigue weight gain/water retention
• mood change
• pain at the time of ovulation pain in the week(s) following ovulation (from ovaries enlarged by cysts)

Precautions

Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) is given as an injection under the skin or into a muscle. If you use this medicine at home, your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist will give you specific instructions on how and where to inject this medicine. Do not self-inject this medicine if you do not fully understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of used needles and syringes.

Interactions

Ask your doctor or pharmacist about HCG if you’re taking any medications that affect your blood. This includes:

• Drugs for clotting disorders like coagulation factors IX and VIIa
• Drugs that increase red blood cell production like epoetin alfa (Epogen, Procrit), factor VIII concentrate (Humate-P ), and darbepoetin (Aransep )
• Cancer drugs affecting blood supply like bevacizumab ( Avastin), lenalidomide (Revlimid), and thalidomide ( Thalidomid)
• tretinoin (Atralin, Avita, Renova, Retin-A )

If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call emergency hotline.

Available brands:

• Chorionic gonadotropin
• Pregnyl