Adult:
500-4000 u injected 3 times wkly. Treatment should continue for 1-2 mth after testicular descent.
Intramuscular
MALE INFERTILITY DUE TO HYPOGONADOTROPHIC HYPOGONADISM
Adult:
500-4000 u injected 2-3 times wkly
Intramuscular
INDUCTION OF OVULATION AND PREGNANCY
Adult:
Single dose of 5000-10,000 u. Up to 3 repeated injections of up to 5000 u each may be given within the following 9 days to prevent corpus luteum insufficiency.
Intramuscular
DELAYED PUBERTY ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOGONADISM IN MALES
Adult:
Male: Initially, 500-1500 u twice a wk titrated against plasma-testosterone concentration.
Precautions
Discontinue therapy if signs of precocious puberty are seen in patients treated for cryptorchidism. Patients with cardiac or renal disease, epilepsy, migraine or asthma.
Potentially Life-threatening
Adverse Drug Reactions
Headache, irritability, restlessness, depression, fatigue, oedema; precocious puberty, gynaecomastia; pain at Inj site; enlargement of preexisting ovarian cysts and possible rupture; arterial thromboembolism; shock; abdominal pain.
