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Considering Norditropin®

For children: If your child's short stature is caused by a deficiency of human growth hormone, he or she might benefit from growth hormone therapy. Children who have growth hormone deficiency (GHD) may be able to reach their full growth potential by receiving daily injections of growth hormone.

For adults: If, as an adult, you require replacement of endogenous growth hormone, you may also benefit from growth hormone therapy. Growth hormone therapy may help adults with GHD regulate their body fat distribution, muscle mass, and bone mineral density.

Like all growth hormones, Norditropin® is taken by injection and is available in the prefilled, premixed Norditropin NordiFlex® (somatropin [rDNA origin] injection).
•  When you use a Norditropin® product you are eligible for NordiCare® patient support
•  Start using Norditropin NordiFlex® and your doctor will give you a Norditropin® Starter Kit
•  Norditropin NordiFlex® offers 120 dosing options and one pen can be used for up to 4 weeks
•  Norditropin NordiFlex® is available in an easy-to-use, easy-to-store 10 mg delivery pen
•  Norditropin NordiFlex® uses NovoFine® needles* which have
an ultra-sharp, low-angle point designed to help increase injection comfort
•  Norditropin NordiFlex® 5 mg and 10 mg delivery pens are the only prefilled, multi-dose, disposable growth hormone pens to offer storage flexibility, after initial use. These pens can be stored at up to 77°F for use within 3 weeks
•  Norditropin NordiFlex® is approved for use with NovoFine® Autocover® needle. The retracting cover hides the needle during the injection
•  When you're finished with the pen, just throw it away and get a new one†

Also available is NordiPen® delivery system, used with premixed Norditropin® cartridges, which simplifies growth hormone therapy. NordiPen® comes with NordiPenMate®. This accessory works with NordiPen® and hides the needle so you don't even have to see it if you don't want to. NordiPenMate® offers the benefits of auto-insertion and added convenience:
•  Easy to operate—needle automatically inserts at the touch of a button
•  Hidden needle—may help reduce the anxiety associated with injections

*Needles may require a prescription in some states.
†Dispose of the used Norditropin NordiFlex® pen carefully without the needle attached.

Important Safety Information

Remember, your doctor is the main source of information about you and your health. Please consult your doctor if you have any questions about your health or your medication.

Norditropin® (somatropin [rDNA origin] injection) is used to treat children with growth failure caused by very low or no production of growth hormone. It is also used to treat adults who do not make enough growth hormone.

Do not use Norditropin® if you have any of the following conditions: an allergy to phenol or any other ingredients in the medicine; active cancer or other forms of tumor; acute critical illness due to certain types of heart or abdomen surgery, trauma, or acute respiratory failure.

Children should not use Norditropin® if they have any of the following conditions: closed epiphyses (closed bone growth plates), Prader-Willi syndrome with severe obesity, or Prader-Willi syndrome with significant respiratory impairment.

Be sure to tell your doctor if you have diabetes mellitus; have had cancer or other forms of tumor; are pregnant, planning to be pregnant or are breastfeeding; or if you have had a kidney transplant.

Be sure to tell your doctor about all medications you are taking especially if they are: a glucocorticoid medication such as hydrocortisone or cortisone acetate, thyroid hormone, insulin and/or oral diabetes medicines, drugs metabolized by the liver (for example, corticosteroids, sex steroids, anticonvulsants, cyclosporine), or oral estrogen replacement.

Adult height can be influenced if you are on Norditropin® for growth failure and at the same time using glucocorticoids or thyroid hormone.

If you are treated with insulin and/or oral diabetes medicines, the dose of your insulin/oral diabetes medicines may need to be adjusted.

Side effects are usually mild and temporary. Side effects may include headaches, muscle pain, joint stiffness, weakness, high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), sugar in your urine (glucosuria), swollen hands and feet due to fluid retention, and redness and itching in the area you inject.

If you have any of these symptoms, discuss them with your doctor.

If you have headaches, eyesight problems, nausea and/or vomiting, these may be symptoms of raised pressure in the brain. Contact your doctor right away.

In very rare cases children treated with somatropin have experienced pain in the hip or knee or a limp. These symptoms may be caused by a slippage of the growth plate in the hip (slipped capital femoral epiphysis).

Scoliosis (curvature of the spine) can occur in children who experience rapid growth. Because growth hormone increases growth rate, children should be monitored for progression of scoliosis.

Thyroid function tests should be performed periodically.

Skin lesions should be checked carefully for any unusual changes.

Talk to your doctor if you think you have any of these conditions.
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