Oxytocin amnestic as adjunct for minor procedure

Many medical procedures are unpleasant. People undergoing them are given pain relievers but also medicines (usually benzodiazepines related to valium) that impair the laying down of memory, so they do not remember it was unpleasant. But these drugs have real side effects like oversedation, and can take hours to wear off.

Oxytocin is routinely given to women delivering babies and is safe. It facilitates contraction of smooth muscle: good for delivering babies but also for stopping bleeding since smooth muscle is around blood vessels. It is a peptide with a short halflife. Oxytocin also suppresses the laying down of memories (link). I propose IV oxytocin could be a safe adjunct for minor surgeries, endoscopies and other procedures and it would make them less unpleasant, at least in retrospect.