Melatonin from Mexico

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Going on hols to Mexico in January.
I have a child who would benefit from melatonin for help in getting to sleep.
I can but it over the counter in Mexico.
Is it a more harmful version than what is prescribed in the UK?

Don't you find it strange that you make a fuss over someone using 'get sick' rather than 'get ill' but you don't see the issue with using 'Third world' over 'Developing'.
On top of that were you aware that Mexico is the second largest economy in Latin America and is considered an upper-middle-income country by the World Bank.
My wild guess would be that it's your ignorance that makes people angry.

There's even some argument against "developing" but yes a much better term

All my colleagues take it when we have to fly to the US. I am tempted. Does it make you feel groggy when you arrive?

It's ludicrous that children with sn are being left to suffer and their parents are paying the price. It's an OTC supplement in most of the world. The NHS is not always right

Apologies, I didn't know that. Just seems a bit concerning to me to medicate a child with drugs from abroad without their supervision, I had quite a reaction to melatonin personally. But do not have experience with SN so didn't mean to patronise or state anything obvious.

This!

This whole thread is about purchasing melatonin overseas BECAUSE of the extreme difficulty of getting it prescribed here. It's not that hard to understand!

Just seems a bit concerning to me to medicate a child with drugs from abroad without their supervision

It's not wrong to be concerned about giving children medication without medical guidance. Melatonin can cause headaches, be wetting, mood changes, dizziness, nausea and there is some evidence it could delay sexual maturation if given to children.

You're wrong; it is difficult for me to understand why you’d buy your child a drug they hadn’t been prescribed.
My son has it so I’m aware some struggle to get it but I would never buy something from abroad if they hadn’t been prescribed it.

But she will be buying it while abroad legally. Because they believe it is not a drug that need to be monitored in the same way as many prescription drugs.

Or do you believe the NHS guidelines should supersede those of the country she is actually in?

It's legal in the country I'm from as an otc for children. I've used it myself in my home country and it works. Having dealt with the NHS and its mishandling of children with ASD and MH disorders I am comfortable with my decision

Four years???? I just called my GP who made a call to a Paediatrician and the next day we had a prescription! That's madness

Don’t forget that you could buy melatonin from the health food shop in the U.K. years ago

I am suspicious that some of the replacement sleep aids we can get now have a link to dementia and Alzheimer’s.

I would personally prefer to take the Mexican Melatonin than the sleep stuff you can get otc in the UK. I think it is far healthier

No, your wrong! . This thread is about buying it abroad as I can’t get it for my child here due to the nhs being so crap that the drs are so busy a child with SEN can’t be seen for many many months!

@Kennykenkencat do you know why it changed?

That is not what your OP said at all. Why don’t you pay for your child to be seen privately if you’re waiting so long?

Melatonin isn’t a scary “drug”. It was previously available otc in England and is still under the supplements category in US.
Its more like buying black cohosh or vitamin C.
The childs starting prescription dose is 2mg, though can be increased to 4mg if needed.
The UK prescription is for a sustained release product called time release in US.
It really is not at all like buying prescription drugs on the black market.
You will want to buy a reputable brand from a reputable supplier so that you can be confident the dose is the same in each pill,
Try Biovea website, Biovea brand.

@HairyKitty but why isn't it anymore? I just don't understand if it's so harmless and was once available otc why it isn't in the UK anymore?

Do not give it to children it cab affect their ability to sleep themselves.

I went to Mexico in January and got some for myself (insomnia) it worked for a few weeks and then stopped working. Don't bother.

If you do want to get it ask para Nina/Nino plus their age.

Melatonin affects your body's ability to structure it's own sleep pattern apparently.

You can get it on amazon.fr, about 20€ for a bottle of capsules.

For clarity, yo quiero melatonina para Nino dos anas - for two year old boy.

Para Nina once anas - for 11 year old girl

That's probably not grammatically correct I only have conversational Spanish but it should work for clarity

I've bought kids melatonin online from many of the US online pharmacies that ship it here and is totally legal to purchase online for shipping to UK. Why don't you do that?

I can’t remember why it’s been removed from otc but iirc it’s to do with not being able to be certain how much exactly it contains rather than for any safety reasons. If you Google you can prob easily find out. In any case I didn’t find the reason at all concerning.

On the NHS it’s restricted to a few very small groups. There is no generic version in the UK and only one brand so no competition, due to this it’s very expensive for what it is, which perhaps drives the prescribing guidelines? For example its available to pensioners for a few weeks only but not to menopausal women (on the nhs). It’s not generally available to children on the nhs except in certain limited circumstances, however much more readily available privately.
This is to do with prescribing guidelines to keep down cost.

Yes it did, you read what you wanted to read.
oh just f* off with your trolling.