Melatonin

 

Other Contra-Indication

Our Records are Incomplete for Other Contra-Indications

 

Class Contra-Indication

Our Records are Incomplete for Drug Class Contra-Indications

We have incomplete side-effect data.

Efficacy of Melatonin as an Alternative Medicine According to GRADE* Ranking: 

Alzheimer's Disease [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]:

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (A few well designed studies indicated melatonin improved sleep quality and cognitive parameters, more sleep may enable the  glymphatic system system to remove more amyloid build up.)

Grade of Evidence: Low level of evidence 


* www.gradeworkinggroup.org 

References: 

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001215/

2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12019347

3. http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=55987

4. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/17/5/1683.short

5. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01654.x/full

6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418658/

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