Oxytocin is called the love drug because Oxytocin increases the levels of hormones in your body which also happens when you're sexually excited and in love with someone.
Oxytocin is a hormone and a neurotransmitter that is involved in childbirth and breast-feeding.
It is also associated with empathy, trust, sexual activity, and relationship-building.
It is sometimes referred to as the “love hormone,” because levels of oxytocin increase during hugging and orgasm.
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.