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  1. Oxytocin (intravenous route, intramuscular route) - Side effects & uses - Mayo Clinic

    Brand Name. US Brand Name · Description. Oxytocin is a hormone used to help start or continue labor and to control bleeding after delivery. · Before Using · Proper ...

  2. Mayo Clinic Health Letter: Highlights from the May 2014 Issue

    For example, oxytocin facilitates bonding between males and females, and mothers and offspring. It helps with interpretation of social cues, allowing people to ...

  3. Mayo Clinic Health Letter: Highlights from the May 2014 Issue ROCHESTER, Minn.

    The hormone oxytocin (ok-see-TOE-sin) has been dubbed the “love” or “trust” hormone because it's believed to facilitate bonding, trust and attachment. But the ...

  5. Labor induction - Mayo Clinic

    In the hospital, a healthcare professional might inject oxytocin (Pitocin), a hormone that causes the uterus to contract. Oxytocin is not as good at ...

  6. Mayo Clinic Minute: How weighted blankets may lift anxiety

    You get a surge of feel-good hormones, such as oxytocin. "A decrease of cortisol, which is sort of our stress hormone, and an increase of serotonin and ...

  7. Oxycodone (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Oxycodone is used to relieve pain severe enough to require opioid treatment and when other pain medicines did not work well enough or cannot be tolerated. It ...

  8. Inducing labor: When to wait, when to induce - Mayo Clinic

    Labor induction, also called inducing labor, means getting the uterus to contract before labor begins on its own. It's sometimes used for a vaginal birth. The ...

  9. Oxycodone and ibuprofen (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) that is used to relieve inflammation, swelling, and pain. Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic that acts ...

  10. Oxybutynin (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Oxybutynin is used to treat symptoms of an overactive bladder, such as incontinence (loss of bladder control) or a frequent need to urinate. Oxybutynin belongs ...