Chorionic gonadotropin is a hormonal substance. It is produced in the human body and is capable of exerting a rather strong influence on the processes taking place in it. The action of chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is very similar to the effect of luteinizing hormone in humans. With the help of hCG, not only the ovulatory process occurs, but the production of estrogen (progesterone, in particular) is stimulated, and spermatogenesis is also supported.
During the prenatal period, it is important in what concentration is the chorionic gonadotropin. During pregnancy, the norm for each period is different. At the same time, the level rises from the first to the seventh week, and gradually decreases after the seventh to the end of the term. So, in the first and second weeks, the level is 25-156 mU / ml, in the sixth and seventh - 37300-233 000 mU / ml, and in the period from the twenty-first to thirty-ninth, 2700-78100 mU / ml.
The injection of the drug "Chorionic gonadotropin" the instruction recommends to carry out in the case when for some reason it is difficult to produce its own in the body of this component. Injections are used in various conditions. The introduction is carried out both intravenously and intramuscularly.
The drug "Chorionic gonadotropin" is available in the form of powder for injection. The preparation of the solution for administration must be done immediately before the injection.
The drug "Chorionic gonadotropin." Instructions: indications
Injections are prescribed for hypofunction in the gonads against the background of hypothalamic-pituitary disorders. In women, this infertility is associated with a violation of the pituitary-ovarian function, including. The tool is effective after the previous stimulation of follicular maturation and proliferation (proliferation of tissue) of the endometrium (uterine mucosa). Also, the drug "Chorionic gonadotropin" instruction recommends for the disorder (absence) of menstruation, dysfunctional uterine bleeding in reproductive age, functional failure of the corpus luteum. Injections are indicated in the first trimester of the prenatal period with a menacing and habitual miscarriage, controlled by "superovulation" with artificial insemination.
In men, the drug "Chorionic gonadotropin" instruction recommends for hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, eunuchoidism, testicular hypoplasia, hypogenitalism, adiposogenital syndrome, cryptorchidism, spermatogenesis disorders (azoospermia, oligospermia).
Injections are contraindicated in tumors or pituitary hypertrophy, in hormone-dependent neoplasms or diseases of the genital organs of an inflammatory nature, insufficiency (cardiac and renal). Do not prescribe the drug with hypersensitivity to it and other gonadotropins, with bronchial asthma, migraine, epilepsy.
Injections are contraindicated in women with a threat or syndrome of ovarian hyperstimulation, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, undiagnosed, hypertrophy or ovarian cyst (not caused by polycystic), uterine fibroma, as well as thrombophlebitis in the acute stage.
The drug "Chorionic gonadotropin" is not recommended for men with cancer in the prostate gland, premature maturation (sexual) in the treatment of cryptorchidism.
With caution, injections are used to treat children under four years of age, as well as with polycystic ovary.
Injections of the drug "Chorionic gonadotropin" during pregnancy are prescribed taking into account the likelihood of adverse effects on the development of the fetus.
In case of an overdose, there is a sharp pain in the groin, abdominal cavity, swelling of the legs, bloating, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea. If these signs are identified, the drug must be canceled, if necessary, the patient is hospitalized. Symptomatic treatment is indicated.
The use of the drug should be monitored by a specialist. Before the injection, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with all the possible side effects.