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    Midwifery Pharmacologic Notes: Generic Name: Oxytocin

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    Oxytocin is used to induce labor at term, control postpartum bleeding, and as adjunctive therapy in abortion management. It causes potent and selective stimulation of uterine and mammary gland smooth muscles, producing sustained contractions, labor induction, and milk ejection. Oxytocin is assigned to pregnancy category X by the FDA, as there are no known safe uses in the first trimester of pregnancy other than in relation to spontaneous or induced abortion. It is indicated during pregnancy to induce labor but can cause adverse effects like nausea, vomiting, seizures, and hypertension if not properly monitored and regulated.

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    Oxytocin is used to induce labor at term, control postpartum bleeding, and as adjunctive therapy in abortion management. It causes potent and selective stimulation of uterine and mammary gland smooth muscles, producing sustained contractions, labor induction, and milk ejection. Oxytocin is assigned to pregnancy category X by the FDA, as there are no known safe uses in the first trimester of pregnancy other than in relation to spontaneous or induced abortion. It is indicated during pregnancy to induce labor but can cause adverse effects like nausea, vomiting, seizures, and hypertension if not properly monitored and regulated.

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    Oxytocin is used to induce labor at term, control postpartum bleeding, and as adjunctive therapy in abortion management. It causes potent and selective stimulation of uterine and mammary gland smooth muscles, producing sustained contractions, labor induction, and milk ejection. Oxytocin is assigned to pregnancy category X by the FDA, as there are no known safe uses in the first trimester of pregnancy other than in relation to spontaneous or induced abortion. It is indicated during pregnancy to induce labor but can cause adverse effects like nausea, vomiting, seizures, and hypertension if not properly monitored and regulated.

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    Midwifery Pharmacologic Notes: Generic Name: Oxytocin

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    MIDWIFERY PHARMACOLOGIC NOTES

    Generic Name: Oxytocin I.V.: 10-40 units Induction of labor at Nausea or vomiting, cardiac arrhythmias, > Monitor and record >Monitor BP during > Be alert for adverse
    by I.V. infusion in term; control of memory problems or PVCs, hypertension, uterine contractions, heart administration reaction
    1000 mL of postpartum bleeding; confusion, runny subarachnoid rate, BP, intrauterine
    intravenous fluid adjunctive therapy in nose, sore throat, or hemorrhage pressure, fetal heart rate, >If contractions are less than 2 >Monitor I/O. Antidiuretic
    Brand Name: Pitocin at a rate sufficient coughing, severe and blood loss q15. minutes apart, if they’re above effect may lead to fluid
    management of
    to control uterine headaches, Fetal effects: fetal 50mm Hg, or if they last overload, seizures, and coma
    abortion
    atony hallucinations, bradycardia, 90seconds or longer, stop
    vomiting, confusion, neonatal jaundice, infusion, and turn patient on > Regulate rate of oxytocin
    seizures and severe low Apgar scores >never give oxytocin her side, and notify prescriber delivery; monitor rate and
    hypertension and simultaneously by more strength of contractions
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    irregular heartbeats. nauseas, vomiting, than one route.
    postpartum >Ensure fetal position and
    hemorrhage, uterine size and absence of
    rupture, pelvic complications that are
    hematoma, uterine contraindicated with
    hypertonicity, spasm oxytocin therapy

    DRUG CLASSIFICATION MECHANISM PREGNANCY EFFECT ON EFFECT ON > Ensure continuous


    OF ACTION RISK CATEGORY PREGNANCY LACTATION observation for induction of
    labor; fetal monitoring is
    PC: Exogenous Agent TC: oxytocic, Causes potent and Oxytocin has been Oxytocin is It has been used in preferred.
    lactation stimulant selective assigned to a indicated during mothers having
    pregnancy category X pregnancy to induce difficulty with
    stimulation of by the FDA. There are labor; it precipitates engorgement and
    uterine and no known indications uterine contractions breast-feeding.
    mammary gland for use in the first and abortion. Because several
    smooth muscles, trimester of small studies have
    pregnancy other than failed to show a
    producing in relation to beneficial effect,
    sustained spontaneous or oxytocin is not used
    contractions, induced abortion. It for this indication.
    induces labor and would not be Oxytocin is excreted
    milk ejection and expected to present a in the breast-milk,
    reduces risk of fetal but is not expected to
    postpartum abnormalities. have adverse effects
    bleeding in the infant.

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