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Direction:
For best results, take one
(1) tablet at bedtime (you may take it one hour before bedtime) or as
recommended by your health care professional.
Ingredients: Melatonin
3mg, L-theanine 25mg, vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCl)
10mg.
Other ingredients:
Cellulose, dicalcium phosphate,
coating (titanium dioxide, polydextrose,
hydroxypropyl
methylcellulose, triacetin and polyethylene glycol), croscamellose sodium, magnesium stearate
and silicon dioxide.
Cautions: Keep
out of reach of children. Store in a dry, cool place with lid tightly
closed. Not intended for use by
pregnant or lactating women, individuals
with autoimmune conditions, depressive disorders, endocrine
disorders,
serious illness, or other drug use.
In an effort to achieve
a more restful night’s sleep and to wake up refreshed, we recommends the
following sleep tips:
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Go to bed and get up
about the same time every day, even on the weekends
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Don’t eat or drink large
amounts before bedtime
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Avoid nicotine and
caffeine
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Exercise regularly
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Make your bedroom cool,
dark, quiet and comfortable
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Sleep primarily at night
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Choose a comfortable
mattress and pillow
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Start a relaxing bedtime
routine
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Go to bed when you are
tired and turn the lights out
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Take a hot shower before
going to sleep to relax sore muscles
New Supplement Reported to
Aid Sleep—Melatonin
Dr. Richard J. Wurtman, professor of
neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said that studies
showed that melatonin, which is secreted by the pineal gland in the brain,
functioned naturally as a sleep-inducing hormone, even when given as pills
in very small doses. "Our volunteers fall asleep in five or six minutes on
melatonin, while those on placebo take about 15 minutes or longer," Dr.
Wurtman said.
Dr. Judith L. Vaitukaitis, director of the
National Center for Research Resources, said the MIT findings offered hope
"for a natural, non-addictive agent that could improve sleep for millions of
Americans." In the MIT studies, twenty young men were given various doses of
melatonin or dummy medications and then placed in a dark room at midday and
told to close their eyes for 30 minutes.
"In the stressful environment of having to
sleep on demand, it may take our volunteers twenty-five minutes to fall
asleep on placebo and five or six minutes to get to sleep on melatonin," Dr.
Wurtman said. Subjects on melatonin also tended to sleep about twice as long
those on the dummy medication, he said. |
