Is HGH the same as somatropin?

Yes, as names. HGH, rhGH, Genotropin, and Norditropin are other names listed on this site's somatropin profile for lab-made human growth hormone, molecular weight 22,124 daltons. Somatropin is the generic name. Genotropin and Norditropin are brand-name prescription products. A research-chemical vial labeled HGH is not those labeled medicines. The approved uses are growth hormone deficiency and a short list of other listed conditions, not general anti-aging. Sharing a hormone name does not make a research vial the same as the finished drug. This site does not rank brands. Full record at /compounds/somatropin.

Educational use only. This database summarizes published research and is not medical advice. Where a dose appears it is a record of what a trial or clinic ran, or what people describe doing, with its source attached. Nothing here is a recommendation for personal use.

Part of growth hormone secretagogues. Sermorelin, tesamorelin, ipamorelin, CJC-1295, and the rest of the GHRH and ghrelin receptor family.