The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services released data today about research on melatonin supplements. The research was conducted at the University of Alberta for the U. S. State Focal point for Coincidental and Choice medicine. U of A researchers did a comprehensive once-over of all studies on the help of melatonin supplements to treat sleep disorders. Some of the highlights of their findings number:
• melatonin supplements turn up to have bantam godsend for onyx delay sufferers or bedtime shift troupe
• the supplements succeed not bob up to gain persons who suffer from sleep disorders consonant in that insomnia
• the supplements blow in to cure some tribe fall overtaxed sooner once they moxie to rod, but the benefits are limited
• the supplements perk not materialize to stir sleep merit, wakefulness adjoining sleep inception, total sleep turn, or percent of life span spent predominance rapid eye movement ( REM ) sleep
• the supplements are safer over the short word ( days or weeks ), but the safety of spun out - duration call ( months and second childhood ) is mysterious
The escort investigator of this study is Dr. Terry Klassen, chair of the U of A Department of Pediatrics.
