Pitocin

Today, synthetic oxytocin, also called Pitocin or Syntocinon, is often used to induce labour and to help new mothers who have trouble with milk let-down.

Oxytocin: could the 'trust hormone' rebond our troubled world? 2011

But then they stopped, so she was given a dose of Pitocin, which is supposed to increase the strength of contractions.

Christina Aguilera Baby Birth Text Message; Christina Aguilera Birth Announcement Text Message 2008

If these approaches are not successful, the condition can be treated with various medications, ranging from those that have been available for many years, such as synthetic oxytocin (sold under the brand name Pitocin) and methylergonovine (Methergine), to newer medications, such as misoprostol (Cytotec) and carboprost tromethamine (Hemabate).

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

If these approaches are not successful, the condition can be treated with various medications, ranging from those that have been available for many years, such as synthetic oxytocin (sold under the brand name Pitocin) and methylergonovine (Methergine), to newer medications, such as misoprostol (Cytotec) and carboprost tromethamine (Hemabate).

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

Oxytocin brand name Pitocin may be given through an IV line.

OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

And that homeopathic remedies like moxibustion and traditional therapies like Pitocin and epidurals all work—depending on your definition of the word “work.”

Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

The anesthesiologist came to administer the shot, Dr. Rosenbaum gave me the Pitocin, and I spent the next couple of hours in blissful labor—no pain.

Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

And that homeopathic remedies like moxibustion and traditional therapies like Pitocin and epidurals all work—depending on your definition of the word “work.”

Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

The anesthesiologist came to administer the shot, Dr. Rosenbaum gave me the Pitocin, and I spent the next couple of hours in blissful labor—no pain.

Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

Pitocin also makes contractions more intense and makes it very unlikely that you will be able to deliver without having an epidural.

John Mayer’s Crush on Ricki Lake 2008