Comment on ‘Melatonin as a hypnotic: Pro’
| Autor: | Drew Dawson, M. Mila Macchi, Cameron J. van den Heuvel, Sally A. Ferguson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Hypnotic Effects medicine.medical_specialty Psychotherapist medicine.drug_class Exogenous melatonin Hypnotic drugs Sleep medicine Melatonin Hypnotic Neurology Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Physiology (medical) medicine Animals Humans Hypnotics and Sedatives Neurology (clinical) Sleep Psychology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Sleep Medicine Reviews. 9:67-68 |
| ISSN: | 1087-0792 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.smrv.2004.09.002 |
| Popis: | At the request of the Sleep Medicine Review editors, our group was asked to write an article advocating against ‘hypnotic effects of melatonin’. It was intended to be the companion paper for a contrary review, which is one supporting the pro viewpoint. Dr Zhdanova’s review has adopted a slightly modified stance by presenting a case based on the available scientific literature not for the hypnotic, but the ‘sleep-promoting’ effects of melatonin. This is not a pedantic distinction, as both Zhdanova’s and our papers agree that melatonin’s effects do not conform to those of classical hypnotic drugs. Rather, we and other groups prefer soporific to hypnotic, and Zhdanova chooses to call melatonin a ‘sleep-promoting hormone’ in description of its effects on humans and diurnal animals. Given that ours and Zhdanova’s reviews were designed to present contrary evidence, we were surprised to find that this was not the only manner in which these two papers agree. For example, both papers support the ability of exogenous melatonin |
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