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Uterotonic agents

What are Uterotonic agents?

Uterotonic agents increase the uterine tone and contractions. These agents intensify uterine muscle contractions at the beginning and during labor, and during the postpartum period. Oxytocin, a hormone produced by the posterior pituitary, is a natural uterotonic.

Uterotonic agents are used to induce labor and for elected abortions. They lessen blood loss during childbirth and are extremely important in the prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage.

List of Uterotonic agents:

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Drug Name Reviews Avg. Ratings
Korlym (Pro)
Generic name: mifepristone 		0 reviewsAdd rating
Prepidil (Pro)
Generic name: dinoprostone 		0 reviewsAdd rating
Prostin E2 (Pro)
Generic name: dinoprostone 		0 reviewsAdd rating
Syntocinon
Generic name: oxytocin 		0 reviewsAdd rating
Cervidil (Pro)
Generic name: dinoprostone 		12 reviews
4.5
Pitocin (Pro)
Generic name: oxytocin 		5 reviews
5.0
Methergine (Pro)
Generic name: methylergonovine 		8 reviews
8.9
Mifeprex
Generic name: mifepristone 		0 reviews
9.0
Hemabate (Pro)
Generic name: carboprost 		0 reviews
10
For ratings, users were asked how effective they found the medicine while considering positive/adverse effects and ease of use (1 = not effective, 10 = most effective).

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