Oxytocin is a mammalian hormone that acts primarily as a neuromodulator in the brain. Oxytocin has the distinction of being the very first polypeptide hormone to be sequenced and synthesized biochemically, by Vincent du Vigneaud et al. in 1953.Oxytocin is best known for its roles in female re...
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Positive Experiences with Bleeding
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Syntocinon3,175 posts
More patient posts reported that Syntocinon helped them when used for Bleeding (109% higher than average of other Bleeding treatments)
Oxytocin
Fewer patient posts reported that Oxytocin helped them when used for Bleeding (8% lower than average of other Bleeding treatments)
Pitocin
Fewer patient posts reported that Pitocin helped them when used for Bleeding (45% lower than average of other Bleeding treatments)
Methergine
An average number of patient posts reported that Methergine helped them when used for Bleeding
Syntocinon Top Concerns
Based on 3,175 patient discussions on healthcare websites and blogs
...ribs. One was so bad it bruised and she had to take panadol for the last few weeks for the pain.
I had the syntocinon drip too, i had green waters so i had...
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...should be progressing faster than i was as they were using syntocinon or pin something like that and then i ended ...of it due to the fever....so if they had not...
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...14 hours the Epidural fell out and I started feeling contractions, as I was on the max dose of Syntocinon and the contractions were on top of each other the anaesthetist gave a spinal block...
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...much more complicated that it should be.
I had the long relentlessness contractions for hours even before they gave me syntocinon, which actually made it worse, once the epidural wore...
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I had an early induction (39 weeks) due to high bp. I got the syntocinon drip and my contractions were VERY intense. Unfortunately I didn't have time for an epidural as I went from 2...
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...with no'1, they broke my waters and then put me on the syntocinon drip, it was literally like ...and put you on a syntocinon that you have an idea of the pain relief options available to...
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...then, but from when my contractions were every 20 minutes ...I had an epidural and 4 hours later I was given syntocinon, but it was still another 10 hours until he...
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...Manchester 9 days ago. Wanted an epidural as contractions were v.painful and they were putting me on the syntocinon drip, but couldn't have one ...It didn't take the pain away completely but...
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...baby was back-to-back and I was also on syntocinon which made my contractions seriously strong, so that's ...pain relief for labour. I had tramadol for gall bladder pains, but I don't think...
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after dt1, I had a brief pause in contractions, then next contraction was ...had negotiated up to 15 minutes gap before they gave me syntocinon to restart contractions, but it only took 6 minutes...
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