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hCG Reference
Educational, not medical advice reference for hCG: Reproductive, Hormonal; regulatory status, evidence posture, source review, and schedule notes. Also known…
Reference summary
hCG is label-verified for fertility / hypogonadism uses. pepSmart surfaces label-reference content only and explicitly does not endorse weight-loss hCG.
- Categories
- Reproductive, Hormonal
- Aliases
- Human chorionic gonadotropin, Pregnyl, Novarel
- Evidence posture
- human — FDA-approved fertility / hypogonadism drug. FDA has issued public enforcement actions against hCG products marketed for weight loss; weight-loss use is outside the FDA label and is illegal to market in the US.
- Regulatory status
- FDA-approved prescription medication (Pregnyl, Novarel). Indicated for select fertility uses (induction of ovulation in anovulatory infertility, treatment of selected hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and prepubertal cryptorchidism). FDA has issued explicit consumer warnings against hCG products marketed for weight loss; weight-loss use is not an FDA-approved indication.
- Content review status
- label verified