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Does melatonin really help with sleeping problems?
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Melatonin: Depending on the type of insomnia & what other medications u r prescribed, in most cases it does help short-term.
Answered 5/5/2016
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It is often helpful: Melatonin is hypothesized to work by regulating the sleep/wake rhythm (by acting on melatonin receptors in the hypothalamus. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19326288.
Answered 2/2/2015
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