Makena Injection: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates

Name: Makena Injection: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates
Duration: 4 min 49 s
Description: Makena is a prescription hormone medicine called a progestin, a man-made form of the female hormone progesterone. Note: the FDA withdrew approval of Makena and its generics in 2023 because they were not shown to be effective, and the Makena brand has been discontinued in the U.S.

Makena Injection

Generic name	hydroxyprogesterone caproate
Drug class	Progestin
Forms	Subcutaneous injection (auto-injector), Intramuscular injection (single-dose vial), Intramuscular injection (multi-dose vial)

Makena is a prescription hormone medicine called a progestin, a man-made form of the female hormone progesterone. Note: the FDA withdrew approval of Makena and its generics in 2023 because they were not shown to be effective, and the Makena brand has been discontinued in the U.S.

General information

Follow the prescriber and the leaflet that comes with this medicine.