Sermorelin

Description

What is Sermorelin Acetate and how is it used?

Sermorelin Acetate is a prescription medicine used for diagnostic evaluation of pituitary function and increasing growth in children. Sermorelin Acetate may be used alone or with other medications.

Sermorelin Acetate belongs to a class of drugs called Somatropin; Somatropin Agonists.

What are the possible side effects of Sermorelin Acetate?

Sermorelin Acetate may cause serious side effects including:

• injection site reaction (pain, swelling or redness)
• rash
• hives
• difficulty breathing, swelling of the face, mouth, lips or tongue

Get medical help right away, if you have any of the symptoms listed above.

The most common side effects of Sermorelin Acetate include:

• injection site reaction (pain, swelling or redness)
• headache
• flushing of the face
• difficulty swallowing
• dizziness
• hyperactivity
• sleepiness
• hives
• nausea
• headache
• vomiting
• changes in taste
• pale skin (pallor)
• tightness in the chest

Tell the doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

These are not all the possible side effects of Sermorelin Acetate. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

DESCRIPTION<>

Sermorelin acetate (sermorelin) is the acetate salt of an amidated synthetic 29- amino acid peptide (GRF 1-29 NH 2 ) that corresponds to the amino-terminal segment of the naturally occurring human growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH or GRF) consisting of 44 amino acid residues. The structural formula for sermorelin acetate is:

The free base of sermorelin has the empirical formula C 149 H 246 N 44 O 42 S and a molecular weight of 3,358 daltons.

Sermorelin is a sterile, non-pyrogenic, lyophilized powder intended for subcutaneous injection after reconstitution with Sodium Chloride Injection, USP. The reconstituted solution has a pH of 5.0 to 5.5.