Melatonin effective against degenerative diseases

• April 28, 2024

People who work at night and have alterations in dream or that because of blindness they need to establish a cycle day and night, they can resort to the melatonin , a hormone that is found naturally in the body, but when used as a medication is usually synthesized in the laboratory.

Russel Reiter , specialist of United States Center for Health Sciences He said that the melatonin It is also used to treat the inability to fall asleep (insomnia ); delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSRS) or insomnia associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism , cerebral palsy Y Mental retardation .

Darkness causes the body to produce more melatonin , which gives the signal to prepare to sleep, however, the light decreases its production and the body is prepared to be awake, therefore, people with sleep problems have low levels of melatonin He said, within the framework of Second World Congress of Anti-Aging Medicine , which today concluded and in which international experts participated.

It is also used as an aid to sleep after the discontinuation of the use of the medicines called benzodiazepines and to reduce side effects that may occur after quitting: "It has been proven that melatonin is useful in the disease of Alzheimer's , the ringing of ears, depression , chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, migraines and other headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (SII), loss of bone mass (osteoporosis ), movement disorder called tardive dyskinesia (TD), epilepsy , as an agent against aging Y menopause ".

The melamine It is in the form of tablets, but pharmaceutical presentations are also made to be placed between the gums and the cheek or under the tongue, allowing it to be absorbed directly by the body. Reiter said that this substance has wide benefits, since it can also serve to contribute to the treatment of breast cancer , of the brain , lung , prostate , head, neck and gastrointestinal :

"It is also useful for the treatment of some of the effects of chemotherapy, such as weight loss, nerve pain, weakness and reduction in the number of cells responsible for forming clots (thrombocytopenia)."

Although most people do not manifest side effects with the use of melatonin When taken short-term orally or applied to the skin, it can cause headache, symptoms of depression for a short time, drowsiness during the day, dizziness, stomach cramps and irritability.