Therapeutic Dilemma: Melatonin or not?

Savithiri Ratnapalan, Michael Rieder

Other Paediatrics & child health 2025

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Tipo de estudio: review

Intervención: Therapeutic Dilemma: Melatonin or not? low doses melatonin (unspecified); melatonin for jet lag (adults)
Comparador: Placebo
Dirección del efecto: Positive
Riesgo de sesgo: Unclear

Abstract

Sleep disturbances are common in childhood, especially among neurodivergent children. There are few proven therapeutic options. Melatonin is a hormone that is critical to the normal human sleep cycle. Melatonin therapy has been proven to be effective in adults with jet lag and there is emerging evidence that it may be of value when used in low doses for neurodivergent children. There is however no evidence that melatonin is of utility in addressing sleep problems in otherwise well children.

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A Melatonin para Desfase Horario (Jet Lag)

Therapeutic Dilemma: Melatonin or not?

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