03-06-2022, 08:36 AM
By MIKE STOBBE
yesterday
Last year, U.S. poison control centers received more than 52,000 calls about children consuming worrisome amounts of the dietary supplement — a six-fold increase from about a decade earlier.
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Parents may think of melatonin as the equivalent of a vitamin and leave it on a nightstand
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But really it’s a medication that has the potential to cause harm, and should be put way in the medicine cabinet,”
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In the U.S., melatonin is sold as a supplement, not regulated as a drug. Because melatonin is unregulated, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn’t have oversight over the purity of ingredients or the accuracy of dosage claims.
Much more at: https://apnews.com/article/covid-science...88d91e8dbf
yesterday
Last year, U.S. poison control centers received more than 52,000 calls about children consuming worrisome amounts of the dietary supplement — a six-fold increase from about a decade earlier.
......
Parents may think of melatonin as the equivalent of a vitamin and leave it on a nightstand
......
But really it’s a medication that has the potential to cause harm, and should be put way in the medicine cabinet,”
......
In the U.S., melatonin is sold as a supplement, not regulated as a drug. Because melatonin is unregulated, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn’t have oversight over the purity of ingredients or the accuracy of dosage claims.
Much more at: https://apnews.com/article/covid-science...88d91e8dbf