Melatonin - Sailor is a rat

[Decker]

They would have been 3 mg as that's what I always buy...

Originally posted by Decker
They would have been 3 mg as that's what I always buy...

Thanks - never used it myself, but thinking of picking some up in LAS in a couple of months time.. and it's not in my 'ladybird-guide-to-prescribing-stuff-for-patients'...

[Decker]

MIMS or BNF? Suppose as it's not "approved" for here... Might want to try some RU21 too... .

MIMS only used by ageing GPs now.. it's alphabetised by trade-name, rather than generic name.
I make up my own RU21-style cocktail - does contain vitamin C though..

Yep- 3mgs as Decker has indicated.Fine at work all day (and was busy all day)- normally would have been struggling.Don't know how I'd have fared with a higher dose though (don't know if the LSD/trippy type dreams are dose related)so will be sticking with what suits in future.I did mean to look in the BNF today as some of my colleagues have contemplated using it when patients are withdrawn from long term benzodaizepine prescriptions and are still experiencing significant sleep disturbances long after the "washout" period but didn't get round to it as too busy.
Thanks again to the "lab rat" aka sailor for sharing his experience and also to Decker for providing the initial supply of them.

It's not in the BNF...

[Decker]

Originally posted by McCoy
MIMS only used by ageing GPs now..

Well I guess I did write my first PCS in about '85...

I got the 5mg version. I have to say I regret it now, as it seems an awfully high dose. The only alternative where I looked was 1mg. However with that you could choose whether to take more than one pill to up the dose a bit.

Still, the 5mg pulls dodn't seam to aphect the weigh my mined wurks at all.

Originally posted by sailor99
I got the 5mg version. I have to say I regret it now, as it seems an awfully high dose. The only alternative where I looked was 1mg. However with that you could choose whether to take more than one pill to up the dose a bit.

Still, the 5mg pulls dodn't seam to aphect the weigh my mined wurks at all.

I'm going to have to give this a go. In the LHR CH now, and when I get to Miami, I'm off to Walgreens .

If anyone else wants me to pick up some (without turning me into a drug smuggler), PM me.

Originally posted by McCoy
It's not in the BNF...

As in British Nuclear Fuel?????[}:)]

I tried out melatonin - while I can't say it made me sleep solidly, I did find that, on arrival on the west coast, it did enable me to sleep past the usual 4am (until 7am!) I arrived back in the UK on Monday and have taken it each night since. Sleep pattern has been much better and reutnred more quickly to normal - so it's a thumbs up from me!

Glad it was of help