Melatonin 3 mg Chewable Tablets - 150 ct

Kirkman’s 3 mg Melatonin Chewable Tablets are small, pleasant-tasting mint flavored chewables. Melatonin is a hormone secreted in the human body by the pineal gland. It is manufactured in that gland from serotonin. It is believed that manufacturing and secreting melatonin is the sole function of the pineal gland. Melatonin is also a powerful aid for children with Autism and other special needs who have a hard time winding down and going to sleep. Melatonin supplementation is used principally: to help people to sleep to reduce the effects of jet-lag as a powerful antioxidant to stimulate phosphorylation of pyridoxine in the brain and facilitate the formation of pyridoxal-5-phosphate (P-5-P) to stimulate glutathione peroxidase formation Several double-blind studies have shown that melatonin supplementation is effective in promoting sleep when melatonin levels are low. If an individual takes melatonin when levels are not reduced, then it has reportedly no effect. The reason for this is