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Oxytocin - brand name Pitocin
COMMON
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headache
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tachycardia
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bradycardia
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nausea
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vomiting
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neonatal seizures
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severe water intoxication with convulsions
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coma
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fatal water intoxication
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anaphylactic reaction
LESS COMMON
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uterine rupture
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premature ventricular contractions
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pelvic hematoma
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hypertensive episodes
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postpartum haemorrhage
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cardiac arrhythmia
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fatal afibrinogenemia
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bradycardia (neonate)
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neonatal jaundice
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other arrhythmias (neonate)
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neonatal retinal haemorrhage
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subarachnoid haemorrhage
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fetal death
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permanent CNS or brain damage (neonate)
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low Apgar scores at five minutes
Dinoprostone - brand names Cervidil, Prepidil, Prostin E2
RARE
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fever
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abdominal or stomach pain
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nausea
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back pain
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vomiting
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a feeling of warmth in the vaginal area.
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diarrhoea
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