“Our study suggests that oxytocin might treat basic social motivation. This is something for which we don’t have a treatment in autism,” said Pelphrey. He said that it was too early to use oxytocin as a treatment for the social difficulties caused by autism and said people should not buy oxytocin online. “We don’t want them to try oxytocin at home. It is impossible to say what they are buying. This is not a treatment yet. It needs more research,” said Pelphrey. “This is an important new study,” said Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the Autism Research Center at Cambridge University.
What is one reason Pelphrey warns against buying oxytocin online?
More research still needs to be done People might buy the wrong product He is afraid it will be used for conditions other than autism for which we don’t yet have a treatment Oxytocin requires a doctor’s prescription