Sleep Medicine Edition | Medications for Insomnia: What Works?
Mayo Clinic Talks
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The Benefits and Disadvantages of Sleep Medicine
Melatonin is a hormone that our pineal gland secretes and it secretes very low quantities of this in the late evening to start signaling to the brain that it's time to shut down. The main advantage to melatonin is that there are very few to no side effects at least up to 10 milligrams. I tend to use it quite often in my practice. It sort of helps delay reaching for a prescription, which gives you some time to get to know your patient.
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