Sleep Management
Melatonin for circadian rhythm sleep support and wakefulness medicines for narcolepsy and related daytime sleepiness, including Meloset, Modalert and Artvigil, covering two different sides of sleep and wake.
Melatonin Tablets
3mg
Melatonin tablets for circadian rhythm sleep disorders. It mimics the body's natural sleep hormone to set the sleep-wake cycle.
Key points
- Melatonin supports the body’s circadian rhythm and targets the timing of sleep, rather than daytime alertness.
- Narcolepsy can involve excessive daytime sleepiness and may be managed with wakefulness medicines.
- Insomnia involves persistent difficulty sleeping that affects daytime life, and sleep habit assessment remains an important part of managing it.
Melatonin, modafinil and armodafinil in this range
Melatonin supports the body’s circadian rhythm and is listed here for circadian rhythm sleep disorders, where the timing of sleep is disrupted rather than sleep itself. Modafinil and the related compound armodafinil work on daytime wakefulness instead, and are listed for Narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnoea and shift work sleep disorder. Promethazine also appears in this catalogue, though it is stocked for allergic conditions, motion sickness and nausea rather than for sleep.