Melatonin
What Melatonin is for, and how its side effects compare.
Associated side effects
The effects people report most often, grouped by how commonly they come up. Open any one to read what it feels like, why it happens and what usually helps.
Common up to 1 in 10 people
Uncommon up to 1 in 100 people
Speak to someone straight away rare, and not ones to wait out
Draft grouping. Frequencies, band membership and the urgent list are pending clinical review and are not a substitute for the patient information leaflet.
What can help?
This section will set out the practical steps that make the most difference, ordered by how much they help rather than by how easy they are to do.
Products that can help
Should I stop?
This section will answer whether to keep taking Melatonin, what to do about a missed or delayed dose, and the circumstances in which stopping is the right call. Safety-critical: this is the wording a reader is most likely to act on immediately.
Reading and listening
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Podcast Side effect support 14 August 202632 min read Nausea, and the difference between settling and stopping Read more - Guide Side effect support 27 July 20268 min read When to message us, and what to have ready Read more
- Blog Side effect support 2 July 20265 min read Tiredness, and the things it is easy to mistake it for Read more
- Guide Side effect support 30 May 20268 min read Keeping a symptom note that is actually useful Read more
Still not sure what you are experiencing?
Describe it to a pharmacist and they will tell you whether it is expected and what to do.