Long-term melatonin use not "justified" for sleep disorders -- Natl. Sleep Foundation draft.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
CHRONIC MELATONIN USE "CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED FOR ANY SLEEP DISORDER" until further studies are conducted, according to a draft "white paper" commissioned by the National Sleep Foundation and written by Fred Turek, PhD, Northwestern University, and Charles Czeisler, MD/PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital. The National Sleep Foundation plans to announce the paper's conclusions to trade and consumer media following an in-house review of its content.
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