Is melatonin OK for kids to take as a sleep aid?: HealthLink

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.

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Good to know that it's not highly regulated by the FDA... sellers can cut corners all sorts of ways.