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Pitocin does not reduce cesarean births, forceps deliveries
A recent meta-analysis from the Cochrane Library found that the use of Pitocin during labor does speed labor by an average of nearly two hours but does not reduce the need for cesarean births nor forceps deliveries. Read the Cochrane review.
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