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Hydroxyprogesterone heptanoate , also known as hydroxyprogesterone enanthate and sold under the brand names H.O.P., Lutogil A.P., and Lutogyl A.P. among others, is a progestin medication used for progestogenic indications. It has been formulated both alone and in together with estrogens, androgens/anabolic steroids, and other progestogens in several combination preparations. OHPH is given by injection into muscle at regular intervals.
OHPH is a progestin, or a synthetic progestogen, and hence is an agonist of the progesterone receptor, the biological target of progestogens like progesterone. It appears to have similar pharmacology to that of the closely related medication hydroxyprogesterone caproate.
OHPH was first described by 1954 and was introduced for medical use by 1957. It has been used clinically in France and Monaco in the past but is no longer marketed.