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.