Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system

Re:Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system by heimatau on Monday January 30, 2017 @08:01PM (#13526576)

Thanks for your personal experience but I was talking about scientific studies [1].

- [1] - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12076414

- [2] (a narrow google search that i'm sure i could find more) - https://www.google.com/#q=melatonin+dosage+site:.gov+OR+site...

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Re:Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system by zeroer on Monday January 30, 2017 @09:02PM (#13526867)

I don't see anything in that study about excess melatonin being evacuated. The paper only talks about effectiveness as a sleep aid.

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Re:Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system by heimatau on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:20AM (#13531879)

Under the main results section "Daily doses of melatonin between 0.5 and 5mg are similarly effective, except that people fall asleep faster and sleep better after 5mg than 0.5mg. Doses above 5mg appear to be no more effective." [1, from parent comment]

Upon further research with the link I provided. It seems that for older people dosage levels should be introduced small and then increased, this study talks about the effectiveness of 50mg in older patients [1]

[1] - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24802882

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Re:Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system by zeroer on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @07:28AM (#13540163)

I don't see anything in your comment about excess melatonin being evacuated.

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