Posted by kazoo on May 18, 2000, at 1:19:05
In reply to Re: Long term effects of Melatonin, posted by Cindy W on May 17, 2000, at 23:47:46
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > As I've posted before, I find melatonin to help me sleep and be substantially more rested and calm in the morning when I wake up. And yet I worry about possible long-term side-effects of taking melatonin, not least because damage to the pineal appears to play a role in Parkinson's.
> >
> > Does anyone know anything about what side-effects accompany taking it for years?
> >
> > Steve
> Steve, your post scares me, since I'm currently taking about 20 mg/day of melatonin to try to sleep (to counteract the Effexor-XR). I used to take kava kava but read that it interferes with serotonin. So would like also to find out whether there are long term side effects for melatonin!--Cindy W^^^^^^^^^
Re. the damage: do you think for one moment the FDA would allow any substance OTC if it damaged anything? Case in point: the brouhaha
with a bad lot of tryptophan which only affected 2 or 3 people (made them sick).Also: 20 mgs of melatonin is a *WHOPPING* dose! Quite frankly, I've never heard of anyone taking THAT much! HEAVENS!
If you can't get results with just 3 mgs, even 6 mgs, then, perhaps, you should reconsider taking it at all.kazoo
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