Oxytocin
Also known as OT · Pitocin (medical brand context) · love hormone
New
Reconstitution & dosing guide
2 mg · 5 mg · 10 mg vial sizes — research phases, recon steps, and a live unit calculator.
Available sizes & price
Catalog only10mg x 10 vials
Oxytocin Acetate (OT10) · Not in current stock
$30 / vial
2mg x 10 vials
Oxytocin Acetate (OT2) · Not in current stock
$15 / vial
5mg x 10 vials
Oxytocin Acetate (OT5) · Not in current stock
$20 / vial
Prices per vial · Research use only · Not medical advice.
Endogenous nonapeptide hormone for labor/lactation; researched for social bonding, anxiety, and intimacy.
How to picture it
Oxytocin is the social-bonding and smooth-muscle peptide: receptor activation linked to trust/attachment circuits and to uterine and milk-ejection physiology. Picture a short-lived "connect and contract" signal — context-dependent bonding and reproductive smooth-muscle biology, not a simple happiness molecule.
Research focus & benefits
- Social bonding and attachment research
- Reproductive smooth-muscle physiology
- Neuroendocrine connection pathway studies
Benefits describe research interest and pathway rationale — not guaranteed outcomes or medical advice. Research use only.
Overview
Oxytocin is an endogenous peptide hormone with established obstetric uses. Intranasal research explores social cognition, anxiety, and pair-bonding. Biohacking use for empathy or intimacy is popular but effects are context-dependent and easy to overhype.
Mechanism
Oxytocin receptor signaling in brain and periphery; modulates social salience, stress, and smooth muscle in obstetric contexts.
Research uses
- Labor induction / postpartum hemorrhage (medical)
- Autism social cognition trials (mixed)
- Anxiety and attachment research
Research dosing notes
Medical dosing is indication-specific. Intranasal research doses vary; not a personality transplant.
Half-life / kinetics
Minutes systemically; intranasal CNS kinetics debated
Common research routes
Reported considerations
- Emotional lability
- Nausea
- Uterine contractions (critical risk in pregnancy)
- Hyponatremia risk with excess
Contraindications / cautions
- Pregnancy outside obstetric care
- Certain cardiac conditions
- Psychosis caution
Common research stacks
- Behavioral therapy contexts
- PT-141 discussions (intimacy stacks)
Legal / access note
Approved for specific obstetric indications. Intranasal social-use products may be unapproved depending on formulation.