The inhibitory effect of ethanol on oxytocin-induced labor at term.
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Lauersen, NH; Wilson, KH; Fuchs, FF
Published in: J Reprod Med
November 1981
Intravenous ethanol infusion significantly reduced oxytocin-induced uterine activity in pregnant patients at term. The dose response to oxytocin was linear when plotted log2 x in all patients studied, and the line was shifted to the right by alcohol, but the slope remained essentially unchanged. These results suggest that alcohol directly inhibits the effect of oxytocin on the myometrium, although the possibility of some central inhibition of oxytocin release cannot be discounted.
Duke Scholars
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J Reprod Med
ISSN
0024-7758
Publication Date
November 1981
Volume
26
Issue
11
Start / End Page
547 / 550
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Uterine Contraction
- Pregnancy
- Oxytocin
- Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
- Labor, Induced
- Humans
- Female
- Ethanol
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
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Lauersen, N. H., Wilson, K. H., & Fuchs, F. F. (1981). The inhibitory effect of ethanol on oxytocin-induced labor at term. J Reprod Med, 26(11), 547–550.
Lauersen, N. H., K. H. Wilson, and F. F. Fuchs. “The inhibitory effect of ethanol on oxytocin-induced labor at term.” J Reprod Med 26, no. 11 (November 1981): 547–50.
Lauersen NH, Wilson KH, Fuchs FF. The inhibitory effect of ethanol on oxytocin-induced labor at term. J Reprod Med. 1981 Nov;26(11):547–50.
Lauersen, N. H., et al. “The inhibitory effect of ethanol on oxytocin-induced labor at term.” J Reprod Med, vol. 26, no. 11, Nov. 1981, pp. 547–50.
Lauersen NH, Wilson KH, Fuchs FF. The inhibitory effect of ethanol on oxytocin-induced labor at term. J Reprod Med. 1981 Nov;26(11):547–550.
Published In
J Reprod Med
ISSN
0024-7758
Publication Date
November 1981
Volume
26
Issue
11
Start / End Page
547 / 550
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Uterine Contraction
- Pregnancy
- Oxytocin
- Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
- Labor, Induced
- Humans
- Female
- Ethanol
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine