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Pitocin
Pitocin is a labor inducer which is a kind of women's health and pregnancy drug.
Dr. Jeffrey Pollard reviewed this
21 year experience in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
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A 38-year old asked:
Can pitocin (oxytocin) produce a bad reaction?
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A 37-year old female asked:
ACOG released study re some adverse outcomes of use of pitocin (oxytocin) in labour augmentation. How worrisome is this for those of us who had pitocin (oxytocin) used?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Does pitocin (oxytocin) and Prostaglandin have the same effect?
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A 30-year old asked:
Does pitocin (oxytocin) in labor cause distress?
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A 38-year old asked:
Can pitocin (oxytocin) in labor cause autism in children?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can the drug pitocin (oxytocin) - used to induce and augment labor cause an overreaction requiring C section?
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A 35-year old asked:
Can i refuse a pitocin (oxytocin) after birth and just use a uterus massage?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Is pitocin (oxytocin) always necessary after section? Doesn't nursing cause uterus to contract?
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A 45-year old female asked:
If I had a bad reaction to pitocin (oxytocin) for inducing labor will I have a similar reaction to cytotec I've been told to take before a DnC for a miscarriage ?
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A 21-year old female asked:
How do i get pitocin nasal (oxymetazoline) spray prescription if i don't have any conditions needing it? Doctor suggested using it to help climax during sex
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A 47-year old asked:
What is an oxytocin challenge test?
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A 18-year old female asked:
What happens if you have hypo or hyper oxytocin?
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A 42-year old asked:
Does woman release oxytocin whenever they have intercourse?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Are there disorders that are caused by hyper secretion of oxytocin?
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A 24-year old male asked:
What is an oxytocin challenge. The first is that the?slow Dkdk comfy
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A 44-year old asked:
Why, when gals don' feel 'cuddly', or cant stand being in the room w/ their baby (as on The Doctors TV show) are they not prescribed oxytocin? Ali
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A 42-year old asked:
What produces oxytocin and vasopressin?
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A 45-year old asked:
Does oxytocin help with autism?
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A 37-year old asked:
Her fist time being fingered, is the chemical oxytocin released?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Is oxytocin spray safe to use to help cheating in a relationship?
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A 31-year old asked:
Ive read that oxytocin has helped those with autism. Is that true?
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A 31-year old asked:
Could you tell me what hormones counteract oxytocin and how do they do it?
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A 40-year old asked:
Is oxytocin the hormone that creates emotional bonds from women to men from sex?
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A 35-year old asked:
Is it safe to take oxytocin in labor?
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A 31-year old asked:
Does Prolactinoma condition inhibit oxytocin production?
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A 21-year old male asked:
ergometrime n oxytocine used together for postpasturm bleeding. but oxytocin causes vasodilation while erg. cause vasoconstrict?so how they work?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Why isn't labor starting? And is induction likely to be succesfull in my situation? I had my son two years ago and i went into labor at 39 weeks and one day. I was 1cm and 70% effefaced when labor started. Thay gave me patosin to speed things up and i end
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A 35-year old asked:
What gland produces oxytocin, vasopressin ADH (vasopressin)?
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A 37-year old asked:
What do we know aboutthe hormones endorphin and oxytocin?
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A 43-year old asked:
Oxytocin and vasopressin are both hormones, right, but what do they do?
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