MELATONIN (doses over 10mg daily)
Clinical Indication
Sleep disorders children (see comments), continued in adults if proven efficacy in childhood
Comments
Sleep onset insomnia and delayed sleep phase syndrome in children
Date of classification
October 2015
Red
Medicines which should be prescribed only in a specialist setting usually within a secondary or tertiary care service. NB: Some highly specialised RED medicines e.g. injectable treatments for cancer are not included on the LLR APC website list.