Oxytocin prices

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About Oxytocin

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Oxytocin is a nine-amino-acid hormone made in the hypothalamus and released from the posterior pituitary; it contracts the uterus, triggers milk ejection and acts in the brain on social and stress circuits. The synthetic form is an FDA-approved prescription drug (Pitocin and generic oxytocin injection) for starting or strengthening labor and controlling bleeding after delivery, given by intravenous infusion or intramuscular injection in hospital, with a plasma half-life of about 1 to 6 minutes. Intranasal oxytocin has been tested in hundreds of trials for autism, anxiety, schizophrenia, pain and obesity; the largest of these, including a 290-child autism trial and an 8-week obesity trial, found no benefit over placebo, and no behavioral use is approved. This site lists the compound as Oxytocin+, a vendor label; the chemistry here is plain oxytocin, which compounding pharmacies also prepare off-label as nasal sprays and troches and research vendors sell as milligram-labelled vials.

Formula

C43 H66 N12 O12 S2

Molar mass

1,007.2 g/mol

CAS number

50-56-6

Amino acids

9

Research evidence described in the source

Limitations noted in the source

• IU, micrograms, route, formulation, and delivery device are not interchangeable.
• Obstetric oxytocin can cause serious harm without clinical monitoring.
• Acute social-task effects do not establish treatment of psychiatric conditions.
• A calculator preset is a recorded research convention, not a recommendation or evidence of clinical benefit.

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