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Safety alert issued over common drug administered to women giving birth

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25 oxytocin overdose incidents have been reported in the last five years , NHS officials say.

The drug is used to alter contractions during labour or in significantly higher doses to control bleeding after childbirth.

But accidental administration of a postnatal dose of the drug can lead to significant harm’ to mother and baby.

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