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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016 Feb 23;5(3):214–223. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)00034-6

Table 5.

Short-term adverse effects of MHC

  • Acne*

  • Night sweats*

  • Increased weight*

  • Altered mood (including depression, anger, mood swings, irritability)*

  • Altered libido (increased or decreased)*

  • Fatigue/Lethargy

  • Reduced testis size

  • Drug-delivery related (eg. Pain from injection site, severe coughing after injection, skin rash/facial swelling after injection)

  • Hypertension^

  • Polycythemia^

  • Hyperlipidemia^

  • Abnormal Liver Function^

*

Adverse effects verified in a placebo-controlled trial 11

^

No clinically relevant difference between active and placebo groups 11