Therapeutic Dilemma: Melatonin or not?

• Tác giả: Savithiri Ratnapalan, Michael Rieder
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 946.7 *Eastern Spain and Andorra
• Thông tin xuất bản: England : Paediatrics & child health , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 683341

Tóm tắt

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.