Melatonin, light therapy, and jet lag.
N J Lathrop,
M Lentz
Review
Air medical journal
2001
12 citations
PubMed
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Study Design
- Study Type
- review
- Intervention
- Melatonin, light therapy, and jet lag. various
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Effect Direction
- Positive
- Risk of 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?
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