hCG dosage: reported doses and schedule

A fertility hormone with limited testosterone add-on evidence and no proven weight-loss benefit.

Also called: human chorionic gonadotropin, human chorionic gonadotrophin, chorionic gonadotropin, choriogonadotropin alfa, Pregnyl, Novarel, Ovidrel, Ovitrelle.

Reproductive axis peptides · LH/chorionic gonadotropin receptor agonist; glycoprotein hormone · Evidence: Approved drug.

Typical reported dose: 500–1000 units three times a week, then twice a week

  • Male hypogonadotropism: six-week schedule: 500 to 1000 USP units 3 times a week for 3 weeks, then the same dose twice a week for 3 weeks three times weekly, then twice weekly, into muscle. Drug label. Studied in: Selected cases of male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. (source)
  • Male hypogonadotropism: longer course: 4000 USP units 3 times weekly for 6 to 9 months; may be reduced to 2000 USP units 3 times weekly for an additional 3 months three times weekly, into muscle. Drug label. Studied in: Selected cases of male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. (source)
  • Urinary hCG: ovulation trigger: 5000 to 10,000 USP units 1 day following the last dose of gonadotropins single trigger dose, into muscle. Drug label. Studied in: Appropriately stimulated infertile women without primary ovarian failure. (source)
  • Ovidrel: 250 mcg trigger: 250 mcg one day following the last dose of the follicle stimulating agent single trigger dose, under the skin. Drug label. Studied in: Women undergoing assisted reproduction or ovulation induction. (source)
  • Ovitrelle: 24–48-hour trigger: 250 mcg 24 to 48 hours after the last FSH or hMG dose single trigger dose, under the skin. Drug label. Studied in: Women after optimal follicular stimulation. (source)
  • TRT study: 125 IU every other day: 125 IU every other day every other day, under the skin. Studied in a trial. Studied in: Healthy men also receiving testosterone enanthate 200 mg IM weekly. (source)

These are doses reported in labels, trials or user reports, not a personal plan. Check the source behind each one.

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Sources checked: 2026-10-18.

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