Melatonin, light therapy, and jet lag.
N J Lathrop,
M Lentz
Review
Air medical journal
2001
12 citazioni
Disegno dello studio
- Tipo di studio
- review
- Popolazione
- Travelers experiencing jet lag; general population with circadian rhythm disruption
- Intervento
- Melatonin, light therapy, and jet lag. various
- Comparatore
- various (narrative review)
- Esito primario
- jet lag symptom relief and sleep improvement
- Direzione dell'effetto
- Positive
- Rischio di bias
- Moderate
Abstract
If you enter the words jet lag into your Internet search engine, multiple sites come up. Jet lag is a term common to all travelers, but what is it? The medication melatonin, available in most convenience stores, is marketed as a sleep agent or treatment for jet lag, but is it safe? Is it a sleeping pill? How is light therapy related to melatonin?
TL;DR
The medication melatonin, available in most convenience stores, is marketed as a sleep agent or treatment for jet lag, but is it safe?