Oxytocin Dosage

There's a lot of controversy about this topic and there's a lack of concern. So amongst anesthesiologist regarding the oxytocin dose regimen, those doses that you mentioned like 30 units of pitocin in a liter of saline or LR are still appropriate. What's more important to remember is that oxytocin is rapidly metabolized and cleared. It's half life is only like around six minutes. If you give it very fast, you're basically giving like a ball of the medication,. And you're increasing the incidence of like side effects like nausea, vomit, hypertension.