Melatonin
Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?
Disturbed biorhythms: Sleep disorders. It has been suggested that it postpones aging and boosts immune function.
Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?
Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Pregnancy, lactation and children.Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Liver disease. Epilepsy history of neurological disorders, concurrent beta blocking agents. May impair ability to drive or operate machinery.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?
Drowsiness, fatigue, headache, confusion and pruritus.
Drug Category/Class
- Antioxidants
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Melatonin Receptor Agonists
- Hypnotics and Sedatives
- Psycholeptics
- Nervous System
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 Inhibitors
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 Inducers
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inducers
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inducers
- Melatonin receptor agonists
| Prescribed | Used orally for jet lag, insomnia, shift-work disorder, circadian rhythm disorders in the blind (evidence for efficacy), and benzodiazepine and nic... |
| Weight : | 232.2783 |
| Structure | Melatonin |
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| Formula | C13H16N2O2 |
Melatonin has 1 Brands listed
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