Pitocin (synthetic oxytocin) is a drug that most of us have heard of in relation to childbirth. It is frequently used to induce labor, or to move a stalled labor along by producing contractions. In many instances, inducing labor with Pitocin has saved the lives of both mother and child during a stalled labor. It can be… Read More
Pitocin and Medical Malpractice
Many women in recent years have been helped by Pitocin or oxytocin, drugs used to induce labor or speed it up once it has begun. But the use of Pitocin has now skyrocketed, to the point where in many labor and delivery units, the administration of Pitocin has become standard in nearly every birth, simply… Read More