Melatonin supplements are increasingly being used to improve sleep in adults and children in a “physiological” way, that is, without forcing falling asleep with hypnoinducing drugs, but through improved functioning of the internal biological clock that regulates the sleep-wake cycle. Since it is also normally produced by the body in response to decreased external light, taking melatonin is usually considered safe and harmless. But is this really the case? Some information about this.
