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Pitocin Information

What's inside Pitocin

Pitocin Active Ingredients: oxytocin, details.
Pitocin Dosages & Strengths
Strength Format Route Strength Class
Pitocin 10 units/mL solution injectable 1.0 milliliter(s) OTC

Recent Pitocin Side Effects

Posted by marabi about 1 year ago
Did anybody suffer from a skin rash post labor??? This is my second labor, and after both labors were induced 2-4 months aft...


Pitocin in the News

Families take birthing out of the hospital - Chicago Sun-Times
McCarty's first child was born in a hospital where she said she was given Pitocin to speed contractions and an epidural to dull the pain. ...
Fri Feb 29 05:00:38 -0500 2008

Love Hormone might help schizophrenic patients - Thaindian.com
Oxytocin, also known by its trade name, Pitocin, has been in use since long to induce labour and promote lactation in women. However its effects on the ...
Sun Feb 10 03:49:19 -0500 2008

'Love Hormone' Promotes Bonding - PhysOrg.com
The hormone, also known by its trade name, Pitocin, has been used for years to induce labor and promote lactation in women. But its effects on the brain are ...
Fri Feb 08 14:27:41 -0500 2008


Pitocin Chemical Information

oxytocin - A hormone secreted by the posterior portion of the pituitary gland and stimulates uterine smooth muscle contraction and lactation.



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Frequently Reported Side Effects of Pitocin

drugs, skin rash, herpes, urticaria, skin reaction, dermatologists, 4 months, prednisone, labour, zoster
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