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HMG (Human Menopausal Gonadotropin / Menotropin)

F
lead outcome
Gray-market bodybuilding "post-cycle…
grades vary by outcome ↓
Blend / combination⚠ WADA-banned
also called — HMG · Human Menopausal Gonadotropin · Menotropin · menotrophin (urinary FSH + LH extract)
systemic / hormonal (reference)fertility / gonadotropinNOT cosmeticNOT topical
Safety

HMG is an injectable prescription hormonal medicine, not a cosmetic or supplement. Its approved fertility use requires medical supervision. The gray-market "post-cycle therapy" use sold to anabolic-steroid users is unapproved and unmonitored, and manipulating the reproductive hormone axis without medical care carries real risks. Anyone dealing with steroid-induced suppression or fertility concerns should see a doctor rather than self-administer a urinary gonadotropin extract.

In brief

HMG (human menopausal gonadotropin, menotropin) is a urinary extract of the hormones FSH and LH, and a genuine, approved injectable fertility medicine used under medical supervision for ovulation induction and assisted reproduction. It appears in this register only because the research-peptide and bodybuilding gray market sells it — used alongside HCG as unapproved "post-cycle therapy" to restart the hormonal axis after anabolic-steroid suppression. That self-administered use is unmonitored, risky and graded F: restarting the HPG axis is a clinical problem, not a self-dosing one. HMG is a prescription drug, not a cosmetic and not a topical ingredient; it is WADA-prohibited for male athletes. Its legitimate use belongs to a fertility specialist.

Legal standing, by region
United States
Prescription medicine

Regulated as a prescription drug; gray-market sale for "research"/PCT is outside approved use.

International
Prescription medicine (not a cosmetic)

HMG / menotropin is an approved injectable prescription fertility medicine in major jurisdictions. It is NOT a cosmetic and has no topical use; it appears in this register only because it is scanned/searched from the research-peptide and bodybuilding gray market. Rules vary by country.

⚠ WADA-prohibited in sportGonadotropins and their releasing factors are prohibited for male athletes under the WADA Code (hormone-axis manipulation).
Evidence, by outcome
How we grade →

An honest grade per outcome — drawn from the evidence, not any catalogue. Hype and undemonstrated marketing claims grade low.

OutcomeEvidence base · effectGrade
Gray-market bodybuilding "post-cycle therapy" (the reason it appears here)
Injecting a urinary gonadotropin extract without supervision risks hormonal, thrombotic and other harms; restarting the HPG axis after steroid use is a clinical problem, not a self-dosing one.
HMG is sold and used on the anabolic-steroid gray market to restart testicular function (alongside HCG) after steroid-induced suppression — "PCT." This use is unapproved, unmonitored and carries real risk. · Not a validated self-administered protocol; a medical drug used without medical control.
F
Ovulation induction / fertility treatment (approved medical use)
This is a prescription medical use, entirely outside cosmetics and outside this register's topical scope; it belongs to reproductive endocrinology and a doctor.
HMG (menotropin) is an established, approved injectable fertility medicine — a urinary extract of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinising hormone (LH) — used under medical supervision for ovulation induction and in assisted reproduction (and, off-label, for male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism/fertility). · A genuine, evidence-based hormonal therapy in its approved medical context.
A
"Testosterone booster / anti-aging hormone" framing
HMG is a fertility gonadotropin, not an anti-aging or performance supplement; the framing borrows a real drug's credibility for an unvalidated use.
Marketing/forum claim
F
Regulatory / sport
Gonadotropins (including HMG) are prohibited in sport for males under the WADA Code; medical use requires prescription and supervision.
Prescription medicine; WADA-prohibited · Controlled drug status
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Identity

HMG — human menopausal gonadotropin, generic name menotropin — is a urinary extract of the two pituitary gonadotropin hormones FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) and LH (luteinising hormone), purified from the urine of postmenopausal women (whose gonadotropin levels are naturally high). It is a genuine, long-established injectable prescription fertility medicine. It is not a cosmetic, has no topical use, and appears in this register only because it is scanned and searched from the same research-peptide and bodybuilding gray market as HCG and the other hormone-axis compounds.

Why it is graded the way it is

Two completely different uses sit under one name, and the register grades them apart.

The approved medical use (A). Under a fertility specialist, menotropin is used for ovulation induction and in assisted reproduction, and off-label for male hypogonadotropic fertility — supplying FSH/LH activity to stimulate the gonads. This is real, evidence-based reproductive endocrinology. It is also entirely a prescription, medically supervised activity, outside cosmetics and outside this register's topical scope.

The gray-market "PCT" use (F). On the anabolic-steroid gray market HMG is sold — often paired with HCG — to restart testicular function after steroids suppress the body's own hormone axis ("post-cycle therapy"). This is unapproved and unmonitored, and restarting the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis after steroid use is a clinical problem, not a self-dosing one. Injecting a urinary gonadotropin extract without supervision carries real hormonal and other risks.

The honest framing

HMG is a prescription drug, not a supplement, cosmetic or topical active — and it is WADA-prohibited for male athletes as hormone-axis manipulation. Its legitimate value is real but belongs entirely to a fertility specialist; the "testosterone booster / PCT" framing borrows a genuine medicine's credibility for an unvalidated, unsupervised use. Anyone facing steroid-induced suppression or fertility concerns should see a doctor rather than self-administer it.

Sources — 2 cited
01Reproductive-endocrinology literature and product labelling on menotropin (urinary FSH/LH) for ovulation induction and assisted reproduction.
02WADA Prohibited List — gonadotropins prohibited for males.
Updated 2026-08-07

Grades reflect the published evidence, not our interest. No dosing, reconstitution, or administration is published for research compounds — that restraint is deliberate.

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