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> Most existing melatonin tablets are around ten to thirty times the correct dose I wonder how common this is in pharmacology.
by eurasiantiger 5y ago
> Most existing melatonin tablets are around ten to thirty times the correct dose
I wonder how common this is in pharmacology.
- rybosworld 5y agoThe RDA for vitamin D was found to be far too low (due to a maths error). https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150317122458.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150317122458.h...
- Aerroon 5y agoPotassium has a recommended daily intake of around 3500-4500 mg. The largest pill supplement I've seen is 600 mg. Most are in the 200-300 mg range. 99 mg in the US A banana is 300-400 mg of potassium in comparison. Meanwhile you can go to the grocery store and buy "low sodium salt" by the kilogram where half the NaCl is replaced by KCl.
- Groxx 5y agoGiven that I can go to Walgreens and get homeopathic stuff that's a few orders of magnitude further in the opposite direction... Not uncommon, I think. You can also grab a random multivitamin off the shelf and you regularly find stuff in there at 5-100x daily recommended doses (though those are generally things safe for significantly higher doses for extended periods, e.g. vitamin c)