Is HCG legal in Australia?

HCG in Australia at a glance

Classification and note come from the HCG profile, checked against Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) listings at the reviewed date.

What this means

• 01

  TGA has approved HCG for at least one labeled indication, so a pharmaceutical-grade product exists in Australia and is dispensed on prescription.

• 02

  Approval is indication-specific. Uses outside the label are a clinical decision for a prescriber, not something the approval itself authorizes.

• 03

  Unlicensed online vials, including those labeled "research use only", are not the approved product and are not covered by the approval.

What HCG is

An FDA-approved gonadotropin used in fertility and to maintain testicular function and testosterone production in men.

Human chorionic gonadotropin is a hormone that mimics luteinizing hormone. It is FDA-approved for fertility treatment and for certain forms of hypogonadism, and it is widely used in men on testosterone therapy to preserve testicular size, function, and fertility.

Mechanism: Activates LH receptors to stimulate testicular testosterone production and, in women, support ovulation and the corpus luteum.

Regulatory history: FDA-approved for fertility and hypogonadism (not for weight loss)

How TGA treats this kind of product

Registers or lists therapeutic goods on the ARTG and schedules substances in the Poisons Standard. Many peptides are Schedule 4 (prescription only), so possession without a prescription and personal importation are restricted even when no product is registered.

The classification above is the The Longevity Archive reading of Therapeutic Goods Administration listings for HCG at the reviewed date, not a legal opinion. Rules change, and importing, prescribing and possessing a compound can each be treated differently. Check the regulator directly before acting on anything here.

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