Oxytocin

Question 1

oxytocin Indication

Answer 1

-Following normal birth
-postpartum haemorrhage

Question 2

oxytocin Mechanism

Answer 2

Oxytocin is a synthetic version of the naturally occurring hormone oxytocin which is normally released from the pituitary gland.
It stimulates oxytocin receptors on the uterus causing increase uterine contraction and reducing blood loss from the uterus