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Melatonin is usually not (freely) sold in Europe while it can be easily bought in the US like vitamin pills or cod liver oil. Is there a recommendable online o
by chmars 8y ago
Melatonin is usually not (freely) sold in Europe while it can be easily bought in the US like vitamin pills or cod liver oil.
Is there a recommendable online option with international delivery?
(I don't consider the usual 'online pharmacies' recommendable. Even when buying Melatonin in a store in the US, there's still the issue that Melatonin manufacturers and sellers mostly control themselves …)
- akx 8y agoHuh. Melatonin is readily available in pharmacies and shops here in Finland.
- akvadrako 8y agoI don't know why the parent said "Europe", unless they did a survey of all the laws. Drugs are mostly regulated at the country level.
- chmars 8y agoYou are right, my use of "Europe" was too broad.
- enra 8y agoAfaik, 5 years ago it was only available in the 1mg amount (which in the light of this article, would be good). I once ordered some online that was 3mg, and the customs almost fined me for illegal drug importing.
- spuz 8y agoIn the UK, it's not possible to buy over the counter, however it's legal to import from another country where it is legal. I've purchased it several times from https://www.biovea.com/uk/ https://www.biovea.com/uk/ The products I ordered definitely work so I think I trust them.
- chmars 8y agoThank you!
- crtasm 8y agoI buy it from EBay UK, delivered to England (appears to be posted from England too). It all disappeared for a while but there's sellers offering it again now.
- Erwin 8y agoBiovea has all sorts of health supplements, including a wide variety of Melatonin (down to 1mg capsules or liquid form too). They even have the more questionable supplements such as Phenibut. They ship this to Denmark at least, though it's possible some products are not shippable to some countries if there are stricter local laws.
- Confusion 8y agoAre you sure? It’s sold in every drug store in the Netherlands. I usually buy 500 tablets of 0.1 mg each.
- DanBC 8y agoIf you want a pharmaceutical product you can try to buy products that have a licence. That would be something like Circadin - a slow release product.
- krageon 8y agoYou make a blanket statement for Europe, but I know for a fact there are plenty of places in mainland Europe that will sell it OTC just about everywhere. In this case this is therefore not a super useful generalization.
- collyw 8y agoThere are sleeping tablets in the supermarket in Spain that contain it.