Synthetic oxytocin, sold under the brand name Pitocin among others, is a medication made from the peptide oxytocin. As a medication, it is used to cause...

Oxytocin is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide normally produced in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary. Present in animals since...

lithium compounds, also known as lithium salts, are used as psychiatric medication, primarily for bipolar disorder and for major depressive disorder. Lithium...

used in conjunction with misoprostol in a two-step approach. Synthetic oxytocin, which is routinely used safely during term labor, is also commonly used...

PMID 29897293. Vallera C, Choi LO, Cha CM, Hong RW (June 2017). "Uterotonic Medications: Oxytocin, Methylergonovine, Carboprost, Misoprostol". Anesthesiology Clinics...

administration (from Ancient Greek ἐπί, "upon" + dura mater) is a method of medication administration in which a medicine is injected into the epidural space...

hormone (ADH; also called vasopressin) and oxytocin. Both of those are also used exogenously as medications in people whose bodies need extra help with...

a medication used to prevent excessive bleeding after childbirth, particularly following Cesarean section. It appears to work as well as oxytocin. Due...

might include oxytocin plus misoprostol, oxytocin plus ergometrine, and carbetocin. Medications used for PPH include the following: Oxytocin (Pitocin) Stimulation...

treatment alone, or with a combination of prostaglandin and intravenous oxytocin treatment. Commonly accepted medical reasons for induction include: Postterm...