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Melatonin Overdose: Cause of Death?

According to a 2012 survey administered by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), around 1.3% of U.S. adults (3.065M) had taken melatonin within the past 30 days. (R) (This was more than a 2-fold increase from just 0.6% of U.S. adults who admitted to u…

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High Dose Melatonin: Therapeutic or Dangerous?

What is high-dose melatonin? There’s no objective scientific/medical consensus for what is “high-dose” melatonin. You might ask several people what they consider to be a high-dose of melatonin – and you might get entirely different answers. The body endogenous…

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Caffeine & OCD: Exacerbator or Treatment?

What effect does caffeine have on OCD? It likely depends on the specific person with OCD. Not everyone with OCD or a predisposition to OCD will respond identically to caffeine. This is because individuals differ in gene expression, brain morphology, neurochemi…

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