Children’s supplement recalled over fears it contains prescription-only sleep drug

A health alert was issued to parents for a brand of childrenMagnesium gammies after lots contained a prescription only used to help sleep.

MelatoninWho can cause drowsiness, headache, dizziness and nausea, has been detected in glycinate glycinate gumsum for children made by nutritional ignition.

The synthetic hormone is not listed on the packaging of raspberry gumies.

Health managers have ordered gummies to be removed from the sale, working with online retailers to withdraw all announcements.

THE Regulatory agency for drugs and health products (MHRA) warned the parents to stop giving them to children and get rid of all left.

According to the best American research school, John Hopkins Medicine, people should not use melatonin if they have an autoimmune disorder, crisis disorder or depression. He also says that melatonin supplements can increase blood sugar.

Experts from the agency, who tested two lots of supplements, found between 1.5 and 1.7 mg of melatonin in each gum.

The usual dose of prescription melatonin for adults, to help serious sleep problems or to recover from a time difference, is 2 mg. If it is prescribed for children, the recommended starting dose is 1 mg but can be increased up to 5 mg per day.

The packaging of the product advised one or two gums per day, depending on the age of the child.

MHRA chiefs claim that advice should be requested from a healthcare professional if a child has disturbing side effects.

According to the NHSMelatonin takes up to two hours to work. It is generally recommended up to 13 weeks, and anyone who takes it for a long time may need help to get out of it.

But the MHRA says that lasting damages are not expected during the ingestion of melatonin at high levels, and the body generally erases it in 12 hours.

Anyone is advised at the gummies at home to store them in an excited container until he takes him to a pharmacy to eliminate.

Gammies must now be regulated as a drug.

Nutrition ignition kids magnesium glycinate gummies has been promoted as supporting “calm, focus and digestion».

Alison Cave, Director of Security at MHRA, said: “Side effects such as headaches, hyperactivity, a feeling of vertigo and abdominal pain have been reported in children when melatonin is prescribed and used for its approved indications. No serious side effects have been observed in children in children.

“Anyone who suspects that his child or a child at his charge has a side effect of this product is advisable to stop taking it and speaking to a health professional and reporting it directly to the MHRA yellow card system.”