Humatrope (somatropin [rDNA origin]) for injection

Detailed View: Safety Labeling Changes Approved By FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) – July 2010 and February 2011

February 2011

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WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS

Glucose Intolerance and Diabetes Mellitus

• ..and new onset type 2 diabetes mellitus has been reported in patients taking somatropin

ADVERSE REACTIONS

Postmarketing Experience

• New-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adults

 

July 2010

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WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS

Pancreatitis

• Cases of pancreatitis have been reported rarely in children and adults receiving somatropin treatment, with some evidence supporting a greater risk in children compared with adults. Published literature indicates that girls who have Turner syndrome may be at greater risk than other somatropin-treated children. Pancreatitis should be considered in any somatropin-treated patient, especially a child, who develops abdominal pain.

ADVERSE REACTIONS

Most Serious and/or Most Frequently Observed Adverse Reactions

• Pancreatitis

Post-Marketing Experience

• In an ongoing post-marketing observational study of somatropin treatment in 3,102 GH-deficient adults, hypertension, dyspnea, and sleep apnea were reported by 1% to less than 10% of patients after various durations of treatment.

Gastrointestinal 

•  Pancreatitis. Cases of pancreatitis have been reported rarely in children and adults receiving somatropin treatment, with some evidence supporting a greater risk in children compared with adults. Published literature indicates that girls who have Turner syndrome may be at greater risk than other somatropin-treated children. Pancreatitis should be considered in any somatropin-treated patient, especially a child, who develops abdominal pain