Melatonin

[Charon]

Melatonin potentials against viral infections including COVID ...hxxps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC7405774
Aug 5, 2020 — Melatonin can be beneficial in critically ill patients via reducing vessel ... on coronaviruses, especially coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

I got the list of supplements over the counter from a physician for covid at home preventatives and treatment for mild cases. Melatonin I recall was suggested by the dr. to my houseshare.

I shall write up the supplements suggested in Covid Dont read if you are anxious already thread. But, If you are on it, and it works for you, it may also help prevent covid wave 2.

[Charon]

I take a benedryl at night to sleep and i wake up without allergies. But i added ten mg melatonin cheap and it helps.

[killingstress]

I take a benedryl at night to sleep and i wake up without allergies. But i added ten mg melatonin cheap and it helps.

Charon , don't make you feel tired next day ? All the antihistamines , even doxepin , made me feel really tired next day, like the sleep I got was not enought ( even if I sleep 8 or 9 hours ) . Thanks

[Charon]

Actually when I awaken, i don't have tea. I have an excedrin for pain and the caffeine. Hope you find something that works.

[Nameless]

So I know with melatonin your brain can only produce so much that if you take a bunch it won't do anything. I took 1 2mg one last night after trying all the sleep meds and was awake past 24 hrs and I finally passed out. I don't know if it's because I was overtired or both, all I know is it works in small doses.

[Charon]

The surprising link between melatonin and coronavirus

By Joseph Lamour
Updated:
April 27, 2021


Ah, sleep. That restorative eight hours that you may or may not be getting every night actively combats stress while keeping you healthy, alert, and strengthening your immune system. This is why there are so many gummies, salves, potions and other aids out there containing melatonin. It’s a hormone that humans naturally produce that regulates sleep. Pretty much all of us don’t get enough rest, which is why melatonin is also made artificially and sold over-the-counter as a natural sleep aid. It turns out that the supplement actually might have an unexpected perk: A new study from the Cleveland Clinic asserts that melatonin could help fight coronavirus.


The study, which was published in October in PLOS Biology, details patients who came through the clinic up to June 2020. Of that group, the patients who have previously used melatonin were almost 30% less likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This was after accounting for variables such as age, race, smoking history and various diseases.



Led by Cleveland Clinic scientists, the study sought to identify molecular pathways shared by other diseases and COVID-19. The thinking is that drugs that the Food and Drug Administration has already approved to treat these other diseases might act on these shared pathways and therefore also treat COVID-19.

The team found, for instance, that proteins associated with respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis, which are two of the main causes of death in severe COVID-19 patients, were also associated with the proteins that make up SARS-CoV-2. Through drawing such associations, the researchers identified 34 drugs already used to treat other conditions that might also treat COVID-19. Melatonin showed the most promise.

This potential game changer was found in an patient data analyzed Ex-Machina style: via an artificial intelligence platform. Developed by Lerner Research Institute, the robot smarty pants looked through all sorts of information about the patients who came in and out of that clinic, including the drugs they had taken.

Additionally for African-Americans, who often get the short end of the stick when it comes to healthcare, and also contract — and die — from coronavirus at higher rates, have something to celebrate in the healthcare sector for once. We actually were found to possibly benefit more from melatonin than other races, at 52%. Go ahead, melatonin.

Of course, there are caveats, the research on this topic is fairly new. "It is very important to note these findings do not suggest people should start to take melatonin without consulting their physician," said Feixiong Cheng, assistant staff in Cleveland Clinic's Genomic Medicine Institute and lead author on the study. Her comments make sense, given how people ran out to go get hydroxychloroquine when their future former president praised it on national television, and that recklessness actually caused at least one death.

A randomized clinical trial of melatonin in COVID-19 patients would verify whether it’s truly the sleep aid working against the disease, or some other variable. So while this data is exciting, it should be taken with a grain of salt, and not a gulp of over-the-counter melatonin, please.


This article was originally published on November 10, 2020

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[Charon]

Just be cautious. I caught a glimpse at a legal firm advertising litigation against a famous brand of melatonin of smaller mgs. Did not have time to check the article and now cannot find a similar one yet.

I think it was that usage of melatonin can mess up your sleeping pattern. But why only one brand, and a smaller per centage than usual?

I shall try to check tomorrow. The AD was along the lines: if u have been taking xx mg of xxx brand melatonin, u may be eligible for compensation. Lawyer speak. Shall do my best to make time to see what it is about in case it could be impt in re: health. I suspect the attorneys just need some monies drummed up.

[Charon]

Thank you xenotype. I appreciate the wisdom from someone in this field.

I sincerely thank you. Have a glorious night.

[Tigertail58]

I have a friend who is an LPN in a nursing home and she says that the Dr. who writes the meds for the residents puts almost all the elderly with insomnia on Melatonin. ( I don't know how much)  I don't know if it's age and they are more sensitive to it or even if it's the placebo effect, but she swears the patients who get it and who are cognitively functional all claim it helps them get to sleep??? My friend says there have been no ill effects she has noticed and like 70% of the residents are on it.

[Charon]

I just found the attorney comments on melatonin. man, are they desperate for work now.

Have you purchased GNC Melatonin 3mg or 5mg Tablets?
If so, you may be entitled to monetary damages.


Why would I be entitled to money?
Independent testing has shown that GNC Melatonin 3 mg and 5 mg Tablets may not contain the amount of melatonin promised on the packaging.


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And due to nonsense like this, we olde timer attorneys fought the right to advertise attorney services anywhere but on the Bar Association site.

Let's see. We learned that aspirin and tylenol and honey for babies and all sorts of things are very not good for us. And u numbnutz want to build your name in Law in re: 1 or 2 mg missing from an OTC medicine? Geeze Louize. What harm did the people suffer? Your desperation is showing. And it is pathetic.