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Somapacitan (Sogroya)
Once-weekly growth hormone analog for adults and children with GHD.
Plain-Language Label Highlights
Brand names: Sogroya
Growth hormone deficiency in adults and children 2.5 years and older.
A once-weekly growth hormone injection (alternative to daily) for adults and kids with GH deficiency.
- •Headache
- •Back pain
- •Joint pain
- •Peripheral edema
- •Vomiting (pediatric)
- •Intracranial hypertension
- •Pancreatitis
- •Adrenal insufficiency unmasking
- •Increased mortality if used in acute critical illness
- •Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
- •Active malignancy
- •Acute critical illness
- •Hypersensitivity to somapacitan
Educational summary of the FDA prescribing information. Not a substitute for the full label or medical advice. Always discuss with a licensed prescriber.
Mechanism of Action
GH analog with a non-covalent albumin-binding side chain that extends half-life, enabling once-weekly subcutaneous administration with sustained IGF-1 elevation.
Research Areas
Common Research Protocols
Adults: 1.5 mg weekly start, titrate by IGF-1. Pediatric: 0.16 mg/kg weekly.
Protocols summarized for educational reference from published research. Not dosing guidance.
Cited Research
REAL trials
Comparable body composition and IGF-1 response to daily somatropin.
Important Considerations
- •FDA-approved.
- •Monitor glucose; injection-site reactions possible.
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