Melatonin from US

[Mellowrabbit]

My son has the melatonin gummies from US and we are running short. My friend has offered to send some over as she lives there and we aren’t visiting till October. Is there any reason she can’t do this? Is it legal?

It may very well get seized as it is a prescription only drug in the UK

I have friends regularly bring me back gummies and they have never been seized.

You can order them yourself on line, we use biovea

I get it prescribed nightly from my GP ( authorised by my psychiatrist) I'm on 6mg a night.
Would the GP not prescribe?
If you are using it for sleep have you not tried promethazine depending on your son's age

Relative sends us bottles every now and again, friends traveling grab us a few regularly. No problems so far. It's an on the shelf product in the US.

It's illegal in the UK to buy melatonin for children. However i have to say I'm close to doing it!

I have posted bottles for a friend before. It is sold alongside vitamins in USA supermarkets with some for dc and others for adults.

It’s otc in many countries….we brought some back from Australia…
my son brings them home from where he lives in canada

I buy it from Biovea too.

Does anyone else find it only keeps them asleep for about 5 hours??

I usually bring it back from the states, but they do sell it in Europe. Brought back a tub of gummies from Spain in April.

I buy it regularly from piping rock. Never had an issue with customs etc

Gosh we had beg and plead to get DD up to 3mg!

How old is DD?
I'm 30 and this was under my psychiatrists guidance so this may be why GP being a pain in the arse with you?

Buy from Biovea.net
Never had an issue and delivery is really quick nowadays whereas it used to be a couple of weeks or so

If has to be prescribed by a paediatrician in the UK for children, I think a regular GP can't prescribe. I didn't realise gummies exist though that would make my life so much easier!

Yep

biovea here too.

Piping Rock here. I take it every night

Yes you need a paediatrician but yes many people buy online due to issues accessing a paediatrician - it was a game changer for us. No idea why so many parents struggle to access a paediatrician for sleep problems here, it's a shame as sleep is vital.

I’ve bought it online many times from a company called PipingRock.

@spottedinthewilds

Try the slow release ones - you’ll probably still wake after 5 hrs but it helps you drop off again more easily. I use the 3mg slow release.

You can get it in Lidl in Italy €2, but it’s just 1mg tablets so you’d need to take 3 each night.

Thanks, I will look at that.

I take 10mg but that's just what I ordered. I never have a problem falling asleep at night but I wake at 3/4/5am and aren't able to go back off. Even when I take the melatonin I wake after 5 hours and am really giddy/hyper. I now only take them if I wake early enough to then get a full 5 hours, so at weekends or if I wake around 2am.

10mg is really strong! Do you have very weird dreams and wake up feeling like you’re hung over?

Try the 3mg slow release, you’ll likely find it as effective with less side effects.

I use 12mg. You can’t OD on melatonin, your system washes it out. I spoke to the NHS poisons unit about it.