The efficacy and side effects of melatonin are quite common in our daily life. I believe many people with insomnia are familiar with it. Mainly to help people adjust insomnia. Not only has many effects, but also has certain side effects. The following is the related content of the efficacy and side effects of melatonin that I sorted out, hoping to help everyone.
Efficacy and side effects of melatonin 1
efficacy
1, improve sleep
Melatonin can make people fall into deep sleep quickly, reduce the number of waking up during sleep, improve the quality of sleep, and has a good conditioning effect on sleep disorders caused by jet lag. Compared with other sleep AIDS, the side effects of melatonin are much less, so melatonin has become the new favorite of insomnia people in recent years.
2, delay aging
Melatonin is an endogenous hormone, which can scavenge free radicals, resist oxidation and protect cell integrity. Therefore, taking melatonin can accelerate the metabolism of the body and has anti-aging effect.
3. Regulate endocrine
Studies have shown that melatonin can regulate women's ovulation, emotional problems and sleep problems caused by endocrine disorders in menopause, and it is a close friend of female friends.
4. Whitening and freckle removing
Melatonin is widely used in whitening and moisturizing cosmetics, which has the effect of whitening and removing spots and is sought after by beauty lovers.
side effect
1, drug resistance and dependence
Long-term use of melatonin may lead to drug resistance. You may only need to take 1 tablet at first, and then take 2 or more tablets slowly to be effective. Taking too much melatonin to help sleep may cause other physical diseases. Long-term use of melatonin may also lead to drug dependence, and it is impossible to fall asleep without taking melatonin.
2. Endocrine disorders
Melatonin is an endogenous hormone, that is, a substance that the body can secrete. Regular oral administration of melatonin will lead to the decline of melatonin secretion, which will lead to endocrine disorders. Men taking melatonin regularly may also cause problems such as decreased sexual desire and sexual dysfunction.
3. irreplaceable drugs
Melatonin is a kind of health care product. No matter how the merchants hype its efficacy, melatonin can only be used as a health care product that can promote sleep, but not as a substitute for drugs.
Efficacy and side effects of melatonin 2. Precautions for taking melatonin
1. Because the child's own melatonin secretion is better, although it will decline during adolescence, it can still meet the demand. Therefore, children at these two time points can't choose to take melatonin, and pregnant women can't take it, otherwise it may affect the normal development of the fetus, which will have a negative impact on pregnant women or the fetus.
2. If you have heart and brain diseases or liver and kidney deficiency, then you must carefully choose to take melatonin, otherwise your condition may become more serious.
3. If you are allergic to alcohol, it is recommended not to take it, otherwise it may lead to allergic problems.
Disadvantages of taking melatonin for a long time
1, which brings adverse physical effects to women.
Taking melatonin for a long time actually has a great adverse effect on women's health, because some women will have dizziness, nausea and other symptoms after taking melatonin. Even after taking melatonin for a period of time, menstruation will be disordered. It also has a certain impact on women's ovulation, and may even lead to your infertility now. Therefore, it is best for women to take melatonin carefully. Even if they have to take melatonin, they should control the dosage of melatonin under the guidance of a doctor.
2. Patients with depression will aggravate their condition.
Many patients with depression often suffer from insomnia due to poor sleep quality, so taking melatonin is also their common choice. However, taking melatonin for a long time will make the brain dependent on this melatonin, because insomnia caused by depression, after taking melatonin frequently, will easily lead to a series of sleep conditions such as waking up in sleep and having nightmares, which will make depressed patients more depressed and further aggravate their condition.
3, make people's memory decline.
Although taking melatonin for a long time will lead to memory loss, there is no obvious theoretical support, but many patients who take melatonin for a long time will report that they have memory loss problems. Many people forget things, have problems with instant memory, remember things wrong, and it takes longer to memorize things. If this happens to only a few people, it can also be classified as an accident. If this happens to many people, it will attract people's attention.