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How can pitocin or the drip induction oxytocin cause a subarachnoid hemmorhage? and how can it cause water intoxication?

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Pitocin (oxytocin): Pitocin has an anti diuretic effect and one of its side effects is water intoxication. Pitocin is just synthetic oxytocin, which is secreted by the posterior pituitary. Subarachnoid hemorrhage can have multiple causes, unsure if pitocin associated with that. An MFM specialist might have a better explanation for that.

Answered 8/27/2014

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