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Possible Interaction: Hypnotics And Sedatives and Melatonin

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

Melatonin , as a drug, may be a useful alternative to sedative-hypnotics.
Nursing in critical care  •  2018  |  View Paper
Eighty-six residents (38%) reported using sedative agents to sleep following shift work with the most common agents being anti-histamines (31%), nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics such as zolpidem (14%), melatonin (10%), and benzodiazepines (9%).
The American journal of emergency medicine  •  2011  |  View Paper
More patients in the melatonin group (20 versus six patients in the chloral hydrate group) required a second dose of sedative for sleep induction (chi square test, P value=0.004).
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society  •  2010  |  View Paper