From http://www.wombecology.com/oxytocin.html
Michel Odent:
"There are basic differences between the effects 
                of an intravenous injection of oxytocin and the effects of the 
                same hormone released by the pituitary gland. The first difference 
                is that injected oxytocin does not cross the blood-brain barrier 
                and does not reach the brain receptors: it has no behavioural 
                effects. In other words it is not a hormone of love. The second 
                difference is that the natural hormone must be released by pulsations 
                in order to be effective. Intravenous injection is continuous; 
                this is a way to explain why the doses of synthetic oxytocin must 
                be comparatively high to be effective."


 


Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network LLC

 








 


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