Does oxytocin improve bonding or trust?

It is studied for this, and popular reporting sometimes overstates how settled the finding is. This site's review found 4 citations for oxytocin, 2 of them human, and the results for social, bonding, and psychiatric effects are described as mixed rather than a clear, reliable benefit. Its one unambiguous, strong evidence base is its FDA approved obstetric use for labor.

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Part of sexual health and hormone peptides. PT-141, melanotan, oxytocin, gonadorelin, and kisspeptin-10.