OXYTOCIN

Aug. 3, 2018

Drug Technical Advisory Board’s recommendation, on lifting the ban on the retail sale of Oxytocin has been welcomed by Gynaecologists across the country.

About:

  • Oxytocin, often called the ‘love hormone’, is a hormone secreted by Pituitary gland. It is released naturally in human bonding activities such as sex, childbirth and breastfeeding.

  • The Oxytocin drug in debate, is a synthetic version of a human hormone.

  • It is used by doctors in Humans to facilitate childbirth and reduce postpartum bleeding.

  • World Health Organization (WHO) recommends it as the drug of choice in postpartum haemorrhage.

Retail Ban: Timeline

April 2018

 

Union Health Ministry banned the retail sale of Oxytocin for being misused by diary owners to boost milk production (as it stimulates the mammary gland).

Acc. to reports, it leads to infertility in dairy animals, and has also been linked to mastitis, a painful inflammation of the udder (mammary gland of female cattle).

Milk consumers worry about exposure to it through dairy products.

June 2018

Union health ministry announced that only a single PSU, Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd., could manufacture and supply the drug across the country.

July 2018

 

Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) recommended to lift the ban its retail sale.

The decision was welcomed by gynaecologists as it would reduce the incidences of women bleeding to death during child birth.
Source : The Hindu

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