How does oxytocin work?
Oxytocin is a nine-amino-acid hormone made in the brain. This site's profile says it switches on oxytocin receptors to make the womb contract and to let milk flow, and it affects social and emotional processing in the brain. The body clears half of it in about 1 to 6 minutes. Its molecular weight is 1,007.2 daltons. It is FDA approved as Pitocin, given into a vein or a muscle in hospital, to start or strengthen contractions and to control bleeding after birth. A Cochrane review found that giving oxytocin to prevent bleeding, compared with giving nothing, probably cuts blood loss after birth. Nose spray use for autism, anxiety, and social behavior is a different question. A 24-week mid-stage study in 290 children and teens found no real difference from a dummy spray on social withdrawal. A review that pooled 12 studies found no real effect on social thinking or repeated behaviors. The approval for childbirth is not evidence for a nose spray sold for bonding. This FAQ does not invent a dose. Full record at /compounds/oxytocin.
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