Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking melatonin as follows: Melatonin can take some time to fairly adjust to your body and reach a therapeutic level in your blood, before offering the desired beneficial effects without any unwanted side-effects. Your physician might have to work a little around your dose, to reach a dose ideal for you. Do not discontinue taking the medication without your physician’s consult, as you failed to see [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking melatonin as follows: Melatonin intake in high doses, especially in individuals with compromised immune system, can help with increasing and boosting the immune response. Individuals with history of poorly controlled autoimmune diseases, such as, psoriasis, SLE, and rheumatoid arthritis, usually will be placed on steroids and other immunosuppressant medications, to prevent activation of immune response. Melatonin intake in such individuals can compromise the therapeutic benefit [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking melatonin as follows: Do not take melatonin with alcohol or opioid pain medications, such as, hydrocodone and codeine, as these products can add to the drowsiness and confusion caused by melatonin. A number of OTC cough medications, antihistamines, and antianxiety medications, can potentiate the drowsiness caused by melatonin and so, must be avoided taking along with melatonin. Caffeine and alcohol can compromise the sleep inducing [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking melatonin as follows: Individuals with history of organ transplants, usually will be placed on steroids and other immunosuppressant medications, to prevent activation of immune response and consequent organ rejection. Melatonin intake in such individuals can compromise the therapeutic benefit of steroids and other immunosuppressant medications, thus mounting a strong immune response and resulting in organ rejection. Melatonin must be used with extreme caution or avoided [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking melatonin as follows: Melatonin must be cautiously used in individuals with history of hypotension and in individuals on antihypertensive medications for poorly controlled hypertension. Melatonin intake carries risk of lowering the blood pressure numbers and consequently, results in episodes of light-headedness and confusion. Individuals with history of hypotension can present with severely low blood pressure numbers, secondary to melatonin intake. Observe compliance with log maintenance [...]