Use only UK home or work delivery address. Returns and refunds - unwanted items can be returned within 14 working days for a full refund. Melatonin tablets contain the active medication melatonin. Melatonin 3mg tabs are used for the treatment of jet lag. Jet lag, which often lasts a few days and can last up to a week or more, causes sleep disturbances, daytime tiredness, mild mental impairment, irritability, and reduced appetite.
It is often unpleasant, and sometimes debilitating, affecting both business and holiday travel. Severity varies from person to person and on the number of time zones crossed, tending to be more severe in older people, and with flights from east to west.
Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone which helps regulate the body's day-and-night clock. The biological clock can be disturbed by travelling across time zones leading to jet lag.
The severity of symptoms varies between individuals, but are generally worse and last longer the more time zones that are crossed. Melatonin tablets can help restore the normal day-and-night rhythm and reduce jet lag symptoms. Melatonin medication for the treatment of jet lag is considered to be a 'travel medication', and like other travel medicines, is not available through the NHS. It is a prescription medicine which Dr Fox supplies through a private online prescription, posted from our UK pharmacy.
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Never take 2 doses at the same time. Never take an extra dose to make up for a forgotten one. If you take 1 or 2 extra tablets of melatonin by accident, it's unlikely to harm you. Go to If you need to go to hospital, take the melatonin packet or leaflet inside it, plus any remaining medicine, with you. Ask someone to go with you to hospital as you may start to feel very sleepy on the way. If you're travelling by car, do not drive yourself.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if these side effects bother you or do not go away:. In rare cases, it's possible to have a serious allergic reaction anaphylaxis to melatonin. You could be having a serious allergic reaction and may need immediate treatment in hospital.
These are not all the side effects of melatonin. For a full list, see the leaflet inside your medicine packet.
You can report any suspected side effect to the UK safety scheme. It's best to avoid taking melatonin if you're pregnant or if you want to breastfeed. Not enough research has been done to know whether it's safe for you and your baby.
Melatonin passes into breast milk in small amounts and this can make a baby more sleepy. If you want to breastfeed, talk to a doctor or midwife first before taking melatonin.
Some medicines and melatonin can interfere with each other and increase your risk of side effects. Certain medicines may increase or decrease the drowsy-making sedating effects of melatonin.
Speak to a doctor or pharmacist before taking melatonin if you take any of the following:. Do not take any herbal remedies that make you feel sleepy while taking melatonin.
They can increase the sedating effects of your medicine and make you feel much more drowsy. Tell a doctor or pharmacist if you're taking any other medicines, including herbal remedies, vitamins or supplements. Melatonin is a natural hormone that is produced by the pineal gland located in your brain. It helps control your sleep cycle. The body produces melatonin just after it gets dark, peaking in the early hours of the morning and reducing during daylight hours.
Melatonin acts on receptors in your body to encourage sleep. Taking melatonin tablets adds to your body's natural supply of the hormone. This can help you get to sleep and improve the quality of your sleep. If you still have sleeping problems after finishing your course of melatonin, try making lifestyle changes that can help with insomnia. Melatonin has been approved as a short-term treatment for jet lag in adults.
There is some evidence that melatonin makes your symptoms less severe. It can also help reduce recovery time after a long flight by a day to a day and a half. Jet lag can be common after travelling across 5 or more time zones in an easterly direction.
It disturbs your sleep, your thinking and your digestion, and can make you feel irritable and tired during the daytime. The usual dose is one 3mg tablet of melatonin but your doctor may recommend 2 tablets 6mg if needed.
When you arrive at your destination, take melatonin at your normal bedtime but not earlier than Taking melatonin has not been linked to sleepwalking. Melatonin is usually only recommended for short-term sleep problems. If you take it as prescribed, you're unlikely to become addicted to it. However, ask a doctor or pharmacist for advice about stopping melatonin if you have been taking it for a long time or if you're worried about becoming dependent on it.
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