The increase in pediatric melatonin exposure coincided with higher melatonin use among adults, the CDC noted.
Children are ingesting melatonin gummies in rising numbers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of young children accidentally ingesting melatonin in gummies, tablets and other forms has sharply increased in the last two decades, according toThere was a 530 percent rise in calls to poison centers for pediatric melatonin exposures between 2012 and 2021, the CDC reported.
Unlike standard medications, there are no rules regulating packaging of supplements, so most don’t have childproof caps. Parents also may not put as much care into storing supplements as they do their medications, Sivilus said. She noted that in the same period that melatonin exposure among children rose, unsupervised medication exposures overall declined.Melatonin can pose a risk for children
“It’s actually one of the leading substances of exposures reported to poison centers in children,” Brown said.
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