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Can oxytocin be taken with an Maoi?

Posted by Michael Bell on April 4, 2006, at 14:40:02

Hi guys. With all the evidence of oxytocin reducing fear responses, i was wondering if anyone knows whether oxytocin supplements (spray) and maoi drugs are contraindicated? Thanks

Has anyone used an oxytocin spray for... ? » Michael Bell

Posted by River1924 on April 4, 2006, at 19:30:07

In reply to Can oxytocin be taken with an Maoi?, posted by Michael Bell on April 4, 2006, at 14:40:02

> Hi guys. With all the evidence of oxytocin reducing fear responses, i was wondering if anyone knows whether oxytocin supplements (spray) and maoi drugs are contraindicated? Thanks

Sorry. I don't know. I can't imagine that they would effect one another.

Do doctors actually prescribe a hormone spray? It seems like it would take a very good argument and research to get my doc to even consider it.

Still it is interesting. I read this online: "Oxytocin, a hormone best known for its role in inducing labor in pregnant women, also has been called "the hormone of love" for its possible role in helping us form and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships and healthy psychological boundaries with other people.

In the study of 40 healthy men who were asked to perform such stressful tasks as giving an unrehearsed speech or doing mental arithmetic in front of a crowd, men either received a nasal spray containing oxytocin or a spray without the hormone -- they then either received support and encouragement from their best buddy or no support at all.

In the end, the men who got the oxytocin spray and their best pal's moral support coped with the stress much better than the rest of the guys, reports head researcher Markus Heinrichs, PhD, assistant professor of clinical psychology at the University of Zurich."

I don't get much from relationships. I don't feel connected. In other posts I've been considering SSRI induced apathy. If oxytocin spray would help me connect with people it would be a great help.

Have you tried it? Thanks for the idea. River.

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