Did you know that FDA has only approved the use of Pitocin in medical emergency situations, yet it is used for 3 out of every 4 births in America?

Did you know that FDA has only approved the use of Pitocin in medical emergency situations, yet it is used for 3 out of every 4 births in America?

Did you know that the FDA has only approved the use of Pitocin (aka synthetic oxytocin) in medical emergency situations, yet it is used for 3 out of every 4 births in America?!

The package insert includes such things as:

"Maternal deaths due to hypertensive episodes, subarachnoid hemorrhage, rupture of the uterus, fetal deaths and permanent CNS or brain damage of the infant due to various causes have been reported to be associated with the use of parenteral oxytocic drugs for induction of labor or for augmentation in the first and second stages of labor."

Doctors know Pitocin is risky, which is why they implement more fetal monitoring measures after administering Pitocin.

In nearly half of malpractice suits involving damage to the baby, Pitocin is cited as the culprit.

In 1998, multiple Massachussets medical schools' Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology conducted a large study to find out how to better increase chances of formulating successful defenses in medical malpractice lawsuits. They discovered that a case involving the use of Pitocin decreased the chances of a successful defense. In their words:

"Multivariable analysis identifies that the use of pitocin, diagnosis of asphyxia, a delay in delivery, and the use of multiple defense expert witnesses decreased the chances of a successful defense."

Why? Because there is clear and easily-presented evidence that Pitocin is dangerous!

(And isn't it comforting that medical schools are using research money to develop better court defense strategies instead of using that money to discover how they could reduce obstetrical deaths and injuries?!)