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Oxytocin

Also called Pitocin, Syntocinon

InjectableEvidence AEvery day
Half-life
0.1hours
Typical vial
2 / 5mg
Research amounts
20–40mcg

per administration

Common schedule
Every day
Tested in people

A human trial worked out how much to take and how often, so a dosing schedule is shown.

Licensed as a medicine in the US and EU.

The human evidence for Oxytocin used the intravenous route. The draw worked out here assumes a subcutaneous injection, so the amount is not a direct read-across.

Work out your draw

These numbers are a starting point — change any of them.

3 mL cartridge · 300 units loaded3units dialled
Concentration
0.67mg/mL
Volume per draw
0.03mL
Units to dial
3
Doses per cartridge
100

Vial label

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Published research contexts for Oxytocin describe 2040 mcg per administration. Descriptive only, not a recommendation.

Only a few minutes in plasma, so any curve here is a brief spike.

A nonapeptide hormone, licensed as a medicine and given by intravenous infusion, intramuscularly, or intranasally in research; amounts are usually stated in international units. No subcutaneous schedule is established, so no schedule table is shown.

Modelled level — every day

1× is the peak after a single dose.

Steady-state peak
0.97× single dose

Read off the modelled curve, not an even-interval formula

Time to steady state
1hours

About five half-lives

Administrations
7/ week

Where these numbers come from

  • Oxytocin (Pitocin / Syntocinon) product and intranasal-research literatureDelivered intravenously, intramuscularly, or intranasally; there is no subcutaneous dosing schedule.

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