Oxytocin Could Be Productized in Five Years

Markus Heinrichs, the University of Zurich researcher who has led or been involved in many of the "trust studies" in which oxytocin proved in the laboratory to increase trust in economic and social situations, evidently dropped a little bombshell at a neuroscience conference this week.

According to ShortNews, Heinrichs told the World Congress of Neuroscience about a test in which 70 adults inhaled oxytocin. They felt more self-confident and less shy.

Heinrichs supposedly told the scientific audience that he'll do a larger trial and, if all goes well, such a product could reach the market in the next five years.

Paul Zak, the Claremont Graduate School economist who recently received a grant to study trust in economic exchanges, worked with Heinrichs' team on some of the studies underlying this promised drug.

Of course, such a drug is available today. OxyCalm is a low-dose oxytocin nasal spray freely available over the internet.

See also "Oxytocin Patent Just in Time" and "Oxytocin, Trust and Greed."

Comments

[Rosie]

Hello - I've bitten the bullet and ordered some of this oxytocin and I have to say I have noticed a difference. My other half can't stop kissing me and my boss is more receptive to my ideas.

My question is this - how much should I use per day? it's quite expensive and I don't want to waste it. I'm spraying in the morning and afternoon(neck and wrists). Is this too much?

Cheers

[Susan Kuchinskas]

Because there have been no studies on what happens when you use oxytocin regularly or long-term, you should use as little as possible, and not use it regularly.

If you're spraying it on your neck and wrists, you probably don't have to worry, because oxytocin has little or no effect when applied topically.