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Melatonin · How it is taken
Going up and down
Week 1 is 0.5 mg a night. If sleep onset has not improved, step up to 1 mg from week 2. Some older people use up to 3 mg. If you wake groggy, step back down; more is not better with melatonin.
Sources
Read the original sources
- Melatonin receptors: role on sleep and circadian rhythm regulation. (Dubocovich · 2007 · Abstract; full methods not assumed · checked 2026-10-13)
- Melatonin increases both life span and tumor incidence in female CBA mice (Summary · checked 2026-10-13)
- Geroprotectors and carcinogenesis, a lecture (Reviews on Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, 2004, in Russian) (Abstract · checked 2026-10-13)