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Children can be notoriously bad sleepers, so who could blame a parent or caregiver for considering melatonin? Here’s what experts want you to know before giving it to kids, including safety ...
One expert says the sleep aid is "overused" by some families.
The procedure is to take the child's weight in pounds, divide by 150 lb, and multiply the fractional result by the adult dose to find the equivalent child dosage.For example, if an adult dose of medication calls for 30 mg and the child weighs 30 lb, divide the weight by 150 (30/150) to obtain 1/5 and multiply 1/5 times 30 mg to get 6 mg.
A plot of SIDS rate from 1988 to 2006. The Safe to Sleep campaign, formerly known as the Back to Sleep campaign, [1] is an initiative backed by the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the US National Institutes of Health to encourage parents to have their infants sleep on their backs (supine position) to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.
The bioavailability of melatonin is between 2.5 and 50%. [6] [7] Melatonin is rapidly absorbed and distributed, reaching peak plasma concentrations after 60 minutes of administration, and is then eliminated. [6] Usual doses of exogenous melatonin of 1 to 12 mg produce melatonin concentrations 10 to 100 times higher than endogenous peak levels. [7]
A new survey shows more parents are giving their school-age children melatonin supplements. ... the greater the dosage: preschoolers took as much as 2 milligrams, while preteens took up to 10 ...
It is recommended to breastfeed the infant from birth to 6 months exclusively to decrease the risk of SIDS by 50%. [16] Diarrhea and upper respiratory illnesses, both linked to a higher risk of SIDS, occur less frequently for infants who are breastfed when compared to babies that are not breastfed, thus reducing the risk.
A preceding study from 2022 concluded that consuming unregulated melatonin products can expose individuals, including children, to melatonin quantities ranging from 40 to 130 times higher than the recommended levels when products are used 'as directed'. [58]