Oxytocin

Endogenous hypothalamic hormone with an FDA-approved formulation for labor induction/augmentation; the social-bonding and anxiolytic-adjacent research use is a separate, far less regulated context using intranasal or subcutaneous routes.

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عمر النصف: Approximately 3–5 minutes intravenously; intranasal administration produces more sustained central effects reported in behavioral literature.