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I mentioned this study to my wife and she immediately shot back “it’s a garbage study that doesn’t control for anything in particular sleep apnea which is corre

• pogue 1y ago
  It's just important to remember that melatonin, like most all dietary supplements sold in the U.S. is severly under studied. Melatonin is allowed to be sold because it exists in nature, not because it has been proven safe. This is essentially true of anything sold as a dietary supplement. Having said that, it doesn't necessarily make it dangerous. But, like myself and others have said in this post, please do take your dosage into consideration, as well as whether you're using it on a daily basis, as there are other things that could be preventing you from falling asleep/staying asleep that may be better addressed by a doctor, such as sleep apnea, as you mentioned.
• astrange 1y ago
  Controlling for things is bad practice in general because most variables are not good controls. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collider_(statistics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collider_(statistics)) You should instead design the study so it doesn't need massaging afterwards.