Melatonin, light therapy, and jet lag.
N J Lathrop,
M Lentz
Review
Air medical journal
2001
12 trích dẫn
Thiết kế nghiên cứu
- Loại nghiên cứu
- review
- Đối tượng nghiên cứu
- Travelers experiencing jet lag; general population with circadian rhythm disruption
- Can thiệp
- Melatonin, light therapy, and jet lag. various
- Đối chứng
- various (narrative review)
- Kết quả chính
- jet lag symptom relief and sleep improvement
- Xu hướng hiệu quả
- Positive
- Nguy cơ sai lệch
- Moderate
Tóm tắt
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?
Tóm lược
The medication melatonin, available in most convenience stores, is marketed as a sleep agent or treatment for jet lag, but is it safe?