Oxytocin (10mg)

What is Oxytocin?

Influences social cognition, trust, anxiety reduction, pain perception, and gut function.

Listed vial contents: 10mg. These are supplied quantities, not administration doses. Current pricing and availability are shown in the strength selector.

What mechanisms are being studied?

Oxytocin is a 9-amino acid cyclic neuropeptide that functions as both a hormone (released from posterior pituitary) and a neurotransmitter. It binds oxytocin receptors (OXTR) widely distributed throughout the brain and peripheral tissues. Known as the 'bonding hormone,' it modulates social cognition, trust, empathy, anxiety, pain perception, gut function, and cardiovascular tone.

What are the research questions?

• Labor induction / postpartum hemorrhage: FDA-approved as Pitocin® — one of the most widely used obstetric medications.
• Autism spectrum disorder (ASD): Intranasal oxytocin has shown improvements in social cognition, eye contact, and emotional recognition.
• Anxiety and stress disorders: Reduces amygdala activation and HPA axis stress response.
• Pain management: Modulates pain perception through both central and spinal mechanisms.
• Gut function: OXTR expression in the GI tract; studied for IBS and functional GI disorders.

What does the published work describe?

FDA-approved as Pitocin® with decades of obstetric use. Guastella AJ et al. (Biol Psychiatry 2010) — Improved emotional recognition in ASD. Domes G et al. (Biol Psychiatry 2007) — Reduced amygdala activation to threatening stimuli. MacDonald K, MacDonald TM (Harvard Rev Psychiatry 2010) — Comprehensive review.

What are the limits of this evidence?

The research described concerns the cited experimental materials and models, not proof that this supplied vial is a treatment. Cell or animal findings do not establish human benefits. Clinical findings, where cited, apply to the tested formulation and population; they do not validate this research product for human use.

Study references

1. MacDonald K, MacDonald TM. Harvard Rev Psychiatry 2010

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