Atosiban CAS:90779-69-4

Atosiban, sold under the brand name Tractocile among others, is an inhibitor of the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin. Bir emek baskılayıcı olarak intravenöz bir ilaç olarak kullanılır. (tokolitik) erken doğumu durdurmak için. It was developed by Ferring Pharmaceuticals in Sweden and first reported in the literature in 1985.Originally marketed by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, it is licensed in proprietary and generic forms for the delay of imminent preterm birth in pregnant adult women.

Atosiban is used to delay birth in adult women who are 24 ile 33 weeks pregnant, when they show signs that they may give birth pre-term (prematurely).These signs include regular contractions lasting at least 30 seconds at a rate of at least four every 30 minutes,and dilation of the cervix (the neck of the womb) nın-nin 1 ile 3 cm and an effacement (a measure of the thinness of the cervix) nın-nin 50% or more.In addition, the baby must have a normal heart rate.