Melatonin was associated with a nearly 30% reduction in the likelihood of contracting the virus, the scientists said in research published in the journal PLOS Biology, KIRO-TV reported.
Tuesday, January 05, 2021
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melatonin is produced in your body by your eyes and skin from sun exposure. good rule if thumb is ..."if your body makes it, don't take it..." exogenous supplements can have negative effects....get your ass in the sun
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DeleteHuman melatonin production decreases with age
R L Sack et al. J Pineal Res. 1986.
I have a child who doesn't produce it. He's been on melatonin supplements since he was 3.
DeleteExile1981
Sure. And so does Testosterone. But with all the OTC testosterone containing supplements now available and idiots taking them for everything from strength to libido, prostate problems have become much more problem than they need to. There's a reason why the aging body produces less (fill in the blank). Cause metabolism slows and it's not needed. As the first anonymous said, don't supplement your body with naturally occurring products unless your doctor says your levels are low and you need more.
DeleteFuck doctors! If you need healing, find a physician. Doctors work for Big Pharma and nothing more than drug salesmen or dudes.
DeleteLearn how to find a lab or maybe even a labadoodle and get you a blood test and then learn how to read it. It all around fourth grade level comprehension. Then get into the books or web and figure out what ails you. You have a better chance of fixing about 90% of your medical problem than any doctor.
Since I have a new bottle of Melatonin on the shelf; I intend to conduct a study of my own. I'll let you know.
ReplyDeleteI've tried Melatonin on 5 or 6 occasions. I hope it fends off Covid better than it "fixed" my insomnia.
ReplyDeleteIt's just more mind game quackery. It was the CBC oil of the previous generation, now it's been replaced. Wait another 5 years and it will be some other ridiculous product that claims to impart fountain of youth qualities. HINT: You're wellness late in life is a function of your mind and what you tell yourself. Hence placebo's often work better than the real pharmaceutical.
DeleteAfter a hysterectomy, sleep seemed to elude me. Doctors gave me several kinds of sleeping pills, as well as recommending melatonin. Nothing seemed to work. A pharmacist said to try amitriptylene (better known as Elavil). Started with 100 mg, but then I would be out until noon the next day. Over time, whacked it down to 40 mg I think. Gives me solid sleep with no nightmares or other side effects. Side note: my mother took it 40 years for depression, but it's one of those drugs that while originally meant for one thing, it does work for other conditions, too.
ReplyDeletePossible drug interactions include:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-melatonin/art-20363071
I take 5mgs of it every night as part of my cocktail of sleep aids.
ReplyDeleteI do not like taking all the sleep aids, but I will literally get zero sleep without them.
So this is welcome news that the melatonin is another one of several things I take that turn out to combat the Bat Flu.
Tim in AK
It seems everything but the holy vax works against this imagined beer virus. Melatonin is a precursor to Vit D, which Vit D has been established to fight imagined flu viruses and real flu viruses and colds... imagine that.
ReplyDeleteShit, melatonin gives me weird dreams, Vodka works better!
ReplyDeleteTried using it 20 years ago for my sleep issues and didn't do anything for me
ReplyDeleteTried it recently for a week at 3mg dosage at bedtime-not as sleep aid but as Covid preventative. Groggy as hell the following day and dragging my ass, though some recommend starting off with "0.3mg and increase as tolerated to 2mg at night". Taken from:
Deletehttps://www.evms.edu/media/evms_public/departments/internal_medicine/Marik-Covid-Protocol-Summary.pdf
Hi, an update from the frozen north here. Talking of fighting the coronavirus etc, I had my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine two weeks ago. I had no reaction whatsoever, no problems, nothing. (And I haven't grown a third arm or a spare ear or anything since either.) I've been taking a Vitamin D supplement this winter anyway, just as good practice since there isn't much sunshine our way in the winter months. The docs tell me I'm high risk since I've had the big C not too long ago, and have another (chronic) health issue as well. But who knows - we'll just have to see what happens with it all. Hope everyone else over on the other side of the Atlantic is well in the middle of all this. Best wishes, K.
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