<prompt> Which of the following drug is used to decrease postpaum hemorrhage in a normotensive woman?OxytocinMethergineProgesteroneProstaglandins  <response>: Ergot alkaloids markedly increase the motor activity of the uterus. They are used to prevent or treat postpaum hemorrhage in normotensive women. In this setting, the preferred ergot alkaloids are ergonovine ergotrate or its methyl analog methylergonovine methergine. They are administered intramuscularly or intravenously, exhibit rapid onsets of action 2-3 minutes intramuscularly, Ref: Schimmer B.P., Parker K.L. 2011. Chapter 66. Contraception and Pharmacotherapy of Obstetrical and Gynecological Disorders. In L.L. Brunton, B.A. Chabner, B.C. Knollmann Eds, Goodman Gilmans The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 12e. 