What is oxytocin used for?

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asked Nov 19, 2020 in Other- Health by EvaWu (600 points)
What is oxytocin used for?

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answered Nov 19, 2020 by k89nuela (1,020 points)
Oxytocin is most commonly used to reduce bleeding after childbirth and to begin or improve contractions during labor.

The Oxytocin can be given to the woman before childbirth to help with the childbirth or it may also be given to the woman after her childbirth to reduce any bleeding.

Oxytocin is given through an injection and is also sometimes used along with other medications or procedures to end a pregnancy.

The Oxytocin medicine is in a class of medicines called oxytocic hormones.

Oxytocin is a medicine that is sometimes used in hospitals to induce labor or strengthen uterine contractions, or to control bleeding after childbirth.

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