Melatonin may decrease risk for and aid treatment of COVID-19 and other RNA viral infections

NIH ^ | No date provided | National Institute of health James J DiNicolantonio, Mark McCarty, and Jorge Barroso-Aranda

[CrosscutSaw]

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[FamiliarFace]

I haven’t had a problem with melatonin and bp, but everyone is different.

[TChad]

melatonin: 36–72 mg per day given in four divided doses

That high dose is used to treat/prevent cytokine storm in a hospital setting. <=5mg is typical when melatonin is used as a sleep aid. I take 5mg.

[Leaning Right]

Melatonin was also mentioned in this Harvard Medical School article.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/do-vitamin-d-zinc-and-other-supplements-help-prevent-covid-19-or-hasten-healing-2021040522310

[packagingguy]

Melatonin activates PPAR-γ and acts as an anti-inflammatory so this finding makes sense.

[right way right]

Melatonin is related to melanin?

[Mount Athos]

The link is this story!

[right way right]

That is a lot.

[dblshot]

look for the demonization and ridicule of melatonin to begin
I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

[JusPasenThru]

Cool. I’m 68 and I had COVID last year. I was on, as a matter of habit, atorvastatin and high dose melatonin. COVID was to me a pretty bad cold, and that was it. Causation? Who knows?

[dandiegirl]

It gives me very weird dreams and doesn’t help me sleep. It’s a restless half awake kind of sleep.

[EEGator]

It’s the Devil. :)

I’ve found an Epsom Salt bath, followed by meditation works well. I workout often and hard, so the Epsom bath helps the muscles and nervous system.

[LilFarmer]

Does anyone know if it’s ok to halve a melatonin pill? I have some 5mg but would rather start low. I know some meds you should do that with.

[Magic Fingers]

<=5mg is typical when melatonin is used as a sleep aid. I take 5mg.

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I’m apparently hyper-sensitive to it. An effective dose as a sleep aid for me is just .25 mg sublingually. Any more than that results in dizziness - and after a few days, depression.

[LilFarmer]

*shouldn’t

[Magic Fingers]

I don’t think it’s a problem. I quarter a 1 mg pill, so I take .25 mg (sublingually) each night.

[californian by choice]

Now I understand why my tests are always negative, even though people around me have been contaminated with the virus

[TChad]

I’m apparently hyper-sensitive to it.

Do you take it anyway, in a low dose? I'd have a hard time doing without it.

[Bigg Red]

ping

[Magic Fingers]

Do you take it anyway, in a low dose? I’d have a hard time doing without it.

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Yes, I take 1/4 of a 1 mg sublingual tablet - so just .25 mg. I think I’d have a hard time without it as well. I’ve been taking that dose for at least 5 years.