Norditropin® is a prescription medicine that contains human growth hormone
How to use:
Use Norditropin® exactly as your health care provider tells you to
Do not share your Norditropin® pens and needles with another person even if the needle has been changed. You may give another person an infection or get an infection from them.
Caution & Warnings:
High risk of death in people who have critical illnesses because of heart or stomach surgery, trauma or serious breathing (respiratory) problems
High risk of sudden death in children with Prader-Willi syndrome who are severely obese or have breathing problems including sleep apnea
Increased risk of growth of cancer or a tumor that is already present and increased risk of the return of cancer or a tumor in people who were treated with radiation to the brain or head as children and who developed low growth hormone problems.
Contact the healthcare provider if you or your child start to have headaches, or have changes in behavior, changes in vision, or changes in moles, birthmarks, or the color of your skin
New or worsening high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) or diabetes
Increase in pressure in the skull (intracranial hypertension). If you or your child has headaches, eye problems, nausea or vomiting, contact the healthcare provider serious allergic reactions.
Decrease in thyroid hormone levels
Severe and constant abdominal pain can be a sign of pancreatitis. Tell your or your child’s healthcare provider if you or your child has any new abdominal pain.
Norditropin® is a prescription medicine that contains human growth hormone
How to use:
Use Norditropin® exactly as your health care provider tells you to
Do not share your Norditropin® pens and needles with another person even if the needle has been changed. You may give another person an infection or get an infection from them.
Caution & Warnings:
High risk of death in people who have critical illnesses because of heart or stomach surgery, trauma or serious breathing (respiratory) problems
High risk of sudden death in children with Prader-Willi syndrome who are severely obese or have breathing problems including sleep apnea
Increased risk of growth of cancer or a tumor that is already present and increased risk of the return of cancer or a tumor in people who were treated with radiation to the brain or head as children and who developed low growth hormone problems.
Contact the healthcare provider if you or your child start to have headaches, or have changes in behavior, changes in vision, or changes in moles, birthmarks, or the color of your skin
New or worsening high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) or diabetes
Increase in pressure in the skull (intracranial hypertension). If you or your child has headaches, eye problems, nausea or vomiting, contact the healthcare provider serious allergic reactions.
Decrease in thyroid hormone levels
Severe and constant abdominal pain can be a sign of pancreatitis. Tell your or your child’s healthcare provider if you or your child has any new abdominal pain.