But, the scientists were surprised to find that oxytocin did not help the children in social recognition tasks. It is also not known yet if oxytocin only has benefits for people with autism or has any bad side effects. Finally, oxytocin effects only last about 45 minutes, so it might be difficult to use it as a treatment. “This study has a lot of evidence from animal and human work to show that oxytocin helps, but we need more research,” said Simon Baron-Cohen.
The duration of oxytocin effects indicates that ...
it will be challenging to use it as a treatment it has the potential of being an effective treatment it might have bad side effects it might be no more effective than placebo