Side Effects of taking Melatonin Supplement Pills and it's use in Adults and Children.

The side effects of taking melatonin vary from person to person. There have been little or no side effect, as long you take the right dosage and do not over dose.


Melatonin like most other drugs or supplements comes with it’s own attendant side effects of, though it is not the same side effects of sleeping pills. Sometimes most people are to blame for these side effects. One way you could initiate a side effect is taking melatonin during the day or using a melatonin overdose. Some of the side effects that come with melatonin include the following;

 

  • Dizziness
  • Confusion
  • Lucid Dreams or Nightmares
  • Abdominal Cramps
  • General Discomfort
  • Sleep walking and
  • Vomiting

A recent study showed that one side effects of melatonin overdose  is that it reduces your production of estrogen, such that it acts as a birth control pill.

There have been some cases in the past where people complained about more advanced side effects such as,

  • Seizures
  • Low Blood pressure ( Thus good for people with high blood pressure) and
  • Allergic Reactions.

Most of these side effects are usually short term and pass away before you know it but there can also be other long term effects on you when using melatonin supplements daily as a sleep aid.

Medically speaking, the long term effects they are still being investigated seeing that melatonin supplements are still new to the market. Like with most drugs you just have to be responsible with dosage. Here is my page on melatonin dosage. If you are thinking of taking melatonin supplements for your insomnia, it is best you use insomnia drugs. Melatonin supplements are more effective for use with jet lag syndrome.


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