For those over 50, just 0.5 mg of per night replaces your natural melatonin deficit. allowing you to sleep, though not making you sleep. Adequate sleep helps control weight, prevent dementia, controls blood pressure, and prolongs life. Pharmacologic doses of melatonin can cause unwanted effects, such as daytime sleepiness, impaired mental and physical performance, hypothermia, and hyperprolactinemia.
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Brian Mitchell, MD
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