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Chorionic gonadotropin side effects

Chorionic gonadotropin's FDA label lists its adverse reactions in its own words. FAERS holds 547 reports naming it through July 30, 2026; the reaction reported most often, leaving out the conditions it is used for, product-use terms and outcomes, is ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (129 reports).

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Check it at the source: the chorionic gonadotropin FDA label on DailyMed (effective April 11, 2025); the FDA FAERS public dashboard.

What does the label list?

From the label: adverse reactions

Headache, irritability, restlessness, depression, fatigue, edema, precocious puberty, gynecomastia and pain at the site of injection.

Source: FDA drug label, Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC, effective April 11, 2025 (SPL set f93b2baa-03ac-4650-b35a-20b818d712d6), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What do FAERS reports show?

547 reports list chorionic gonadotropin among the medicines taken, each a report of something that happened, not proof the medicine caused it; 26 are coded as a death and 251 as a hospital stay. Counts follow how widely a medicine is used and watched, and they are not a measure of how risky it is. Of the 20 reactions below, 2 are named by the same term (in US spelling) in the label's adverse reactions, warnings or patient leaflet; a reaction the label does not name may still be there under another word, and a report does not show that the medicine caused it.

Reports received each year

The 25 most reported reactions

  • Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome129
  • Drug Exposure During Pregnancy (a use or a product term, not a reaction)37
  • Drug Ineffective (a use or a product term, not a reaction)37
  • Off Label Use (a use or a product term, not a reaction)33
  • Ascites31
  • Ectopic Pregnancy31
  • Nausea27
  • Dyspnoea26
  • Abdominal Distension25
  • Headache (named in the label)24
  • Pain24
  • Pleural Effusion24
  • Abortion Spontaneous23
  • Abdominal Pain21
  • Caesarean Section19
  • Ovarian Torsion18
  • Pregnancy (a use or a product term, not a reaction)17
  • Vomiting14
  • Fatigue (named in the label)13
  • Drug Exposure Before Pregnancy12
  • Pruritus12
  • Pulmonary Embolism12
  • Decreased Appetite11
  • Ovarian Enlargement11
  • Product Use In Unapproved Indication (a use or a product term, not a reaction)11

Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA, reports through July 30, 2026; reactions as MedDRA preferred terms

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