Oxytocin agonist
Oxytocin receptor agonist
Oxytocin agonist — mechanism card
- Uterine contraction and milk letdown
- Labor induction/augmentation and postpartum hemorrhage control
- Also modulates social-bonding signaling
- Uterine contraction
- Milk letdown
- Modulates social bonding and empathy
- Reduced social anxiety
- Blood pressure decrease
- Anti-inflammatory effects
- Pain modulation
- Reduced food intake
Drugs with this mechanism (1)
- Oxytocin — Uterotonic hormone used to induce labor and control postpartum hemorrhage.
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