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Is melatonin OK for kids to take as a sleep aid?: HealthLink
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Getting a good night's rest isn't always easy for everybody, and that applies to kids and teens too. A recent study shows more young people are turning to a supplement known as melatonin, to help them fall asleep.
Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone that's released in the pineal gland in the brain in response to decreased light.
Dr. Susanna Block is a pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente in Seattle.
"So it's kind of our body's trigger to start to go to sleep and that's something that we make ourselves," Block told KING 5.
Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/melatonin-ok-kids-sleep-aid-healthlink/281-4557c221-4922-401f-ba7a-6485b47e5cf1