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Somatropin (HGH) Side Effects and Safety

Reported Somatropin (HGH) side effects, contraindications, and safety signals.

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Common and Serious Risks

Common effects include injection-site reactions, fluid retention/edema, joint pain, and headache, especially early in therapy or at higher doses. More serious risks include worsened insulin resistance/elevated blood glucose, intracranial hypertension (rare), and theoretical concerns about tumor growth stimulation, which is why active malignancy is a contraindication. Diabetic retinopathy can worsen with GH therapy.

Contraindications

  • active malignancy
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • acute critical illness
  • closed epiphyses (pediatric growth-promotion context)
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