their products are good (covid shot etc) but as far as corporate and lobbying goes they are awful for the general population of the planet. Irelands a hq for a lot of data centers and some pharma companies like pfizer that have big investments there. We could scarcely afford it if it was prescription but we would go without other things to pay it for our own sleep and sanity. I bet she’s sick of watching business dry up, as for many of those kids it’s as simple as taking an inexpensive nighttime gummy (or in the case of my wildly ADHD child, 1.5x the recommended maximum 10mg adult dose). The last anti-melatonin hit piece I saw in the media here was by a ‘child sleep nurse’ who runs a private consultancy, no doubt charging exorbitant fees to parents desperate to improve their sleep-disordered child’s sleeping habits. I fear that our government will find data like these excuse to close that loophole and further line the pockets of pharmaceutical companies. So everyone in the know just orders from OS websites. Here in Australia we can’t buy it OTC but it won’t get confiscated by customs to buy it on prescription can cost something like $60-$80. It’s something that pharmaceutical companies obviously still see some potential in, financially. I’m suspicious of the emergence of research like this because even though it’s useful information I question the motives behind anything that can be construed as anti- the availability of OTC melatonin. Overall, 96.5% of cases had minor or non-toxic effects documented (Supan, 2019)." Two-thirds of patients did not require any type of treatment the most common therapy given was dilution (20%) followed by food (7.9%). The most common symptom reported after ingestion was drowsiness. The average dose ingested was 38.4 mg (range 75 μg-6.5 gram). A total of 142,493 exposures were identified 76.7% of cases occurred in patients less than 6 years of age, and 53% of cases were male. "An analysis of National Poison Data System data was performed for human, single substance melatonin exposures that occurred between 2008-2019. We consider it minimally toxic and there really isn't any amount that would make me concerned. It's just not really a substance that can be "overdosed "on, even in children. I'm a Specialist in Poison Information RN (who you talk to when you call poison control) and field a handful of melatonin exposure calls daily. New to reddit? Click here! Get flair in /r/science Previous Science AMA's
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