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Old Oct 16, 2014, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Lawscot View Post
Just one of those things... my understanding of the reasoning is it's because melatonin is a hormone. Might be natural but messing with hormones isn't really a great idea over the long term. You've got a science background... you'll probably understand stuff of that nature better than me!

IIRC it's only prescribed to those over 55 & only for short periods of time.
Yeah it does have impact on some of the other hormones etc but I think there would be less impact than birth control which people take all the time....still you need a prescription for that too.
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