![]() ![]() ![]() their products are good (covid shot etc) but as far as corporate and lobbying goes they are awful for the general population of the planet. Irelands a hq for a lot of data centers and some pharma companies like pfizer that have big investments there. We could scarcely afford it if it was prescription but we would go without other things to pay it for our own sleep and sanity. I bet she’s sick of watching business dry up, as for many of those kids it’s as simple as taking an inexpensive nighttime gummy (or in the case of my wildly ADHD child, 1.5x the recommended maximum 10mg adult dose). The last anti-melatonin hit piece I saw in the media here was by a ‘child sleep nurse’ who runs a private consultancy, no doubt charging exorbitant fees to parents desperate to improve their sleep-disordered child’s sleeping habits. I fear that our government will find data like these excuse to close that loophole and further line the pockets of pharmaceutical companies. So everyone in the know just orders from OS websites. Here in Australia we can’t buy it OTC but it won’t get confiscated by customs to buy it on prescription can cost something like $60-$80. It’s something that pharmaceutical companies obviously still see some potential in, financially. I’m suspicious of the emergence of research like this because even though it’s useful information I question the motives behind anything that can be construed as anti- the availability of OTC melatonin. New to reddit? Click here! Get flair in /r/science Previous Science AMA's Repeat or flagrant offenders will be banned.Comments dismissing established findings and fields of science must provide evidence.Criticism of published work should assume basic competence of the researchers and reviewers.Non-professional personal anecdotes will be removed.No off-topic comments, memes, low-effort comments or jokes.All submissions must have flair assigned.No blogspam, images, videos, or infographics.Research must be less than 6 months old.No editorialized, sensationalized, or biased titles.No summaries of summaries, re-hosted press releases, or reposts. ![]() Directly link to published peer-reviewed research or media summary. ![]()
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