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Oxytocin (Oxt)  - Not to be confused with Oxycontin - is a medication and hormone. As a medication, it is used to cause contraction of the uterus, which is used to start labor, increase the speed of labor, and to stop bleeding following delivery. It is used either by injection into a muscle or into a vein.  Medical uses can result in excessive contraction of the uterus that can cause distress in an unborn baby. Common side effects in the mother include nausea and a slow heart rate. Serious side effects include water intoxication with an excessive dose and uterus rupture. Allergies may also occur.

Oxytocin is naturally produced in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary gland. It plays a role in social bonding, sexual reproduction in both sexes, and during and after childbirth.   It is released due to stretching of the cervix and uterus during labor and with stimulation of the nipples from breastfeeding. This helps with birth, bonding with the baby, and milk production.

Side effects

Oxytocin is 'relatively safe' [sic] when used at recommended doses.  The following maternal events have been reported

• Subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Increased heart rate
• Decreased blood pressure
• Cardiac arrhythmia and premature ventricular contraction
• Impaired uterine blood flow
• Pelvic hematoma
• Afibrinogenemia
• Anaphylaxis
• Nausea and vomiting
• Increase fetal blood flow

Excessive dosage or long-term administration (over a period of 24 hours or longer) have been known to result in tetanic uterine contractions, uterine rupture, postpartum hemorrhage, and water intoxication, sometimes fatal.

During pregnancy, increased uterine motility has led to decreased heart rate, cardiac arrhythmia, seizures, brain damage, death in the fetus/neonate:

Administration

Oxytocin is destroyed in the gastrointestinal tract, so it must be administered by injection or as nasal spray. It has a half-life of typically about three minutes in the blood when given intravenously. When administered intranasally via a nasal spray, oxytocin crosses the blood–brain barrier and exhibits psychoactive effects in humans. Unlike the case of intravenous administration, intranasal oxytocin has a duration of at least 2.25 hours and as long as 4 hours.

On Feb, 11, 2016: 660 people reported to have side effects when taking Syntocinon. Among them, 6 people (0.91%) have Hallucination.

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On Jan, 18, 2016: 660 people reported to have side effects when taking Syntocinon. Among them, 11 people (1.67%) have Death.

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