If you take over-the-counter melatonin gummies to sleep, you could be getting a different dose than advertised.

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has published a new study that found 22 out of 25 of the gummies analyzed were mislabeled, with the actual quantity of melatonin ranging from 74 to 347 percent of the labeled dose and one product with no melatonin at all.

For more details on this study and possible implications for people who use melatonin gummies, KCBS Radio news anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with Dr. Rafael Pelayo, sleep specialist at the Stanford Sleep Medicine Center.

If you take over-the-counter melatonin gummies to sleep, you could be getting a different dose than advertised.
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has published a new study that found 22 out of 25 of the gummies analyzed were mislabeled, with the actual quantity of melatonin ranging from 74 to 347 percent of the labeled dose and one product with no melatonin at all.
For more details on this study and possible implications for people who use melatonin gummies, KCBS Radio news anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with Dr. Rafael Pelayo, sleep specialist at the Stanford Sleep Medicine Center.

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