text: Pregnancy Home > Side Effects of Pitocin
  Because Pitocin® (oxytocin) is an older medication, there is limited information available about how often side effects occur with this drug. However, based on general information about Pitocin, adverse reactions may include:
  This drug can also cause adverse reactions in the newborn. Some of the reported problems that have occurred in newborns whose mothers received Pitocin right before childbirth have included:
  (Click Pitocin Side Effects for more detailed information on other problems with this drug. This article also explains which reactions are potentially dangerous and require immediate medical treatment.)