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A rise in melatonin-related children’s emergency room cases highlighted in a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has led to new industry recommendations to prevent accidental ingestions. The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) announced two new sets of voluntary guidelines, one for melatonin-containing supplements and the other for all gummy supplements. “The new CRN guidelines are a huge step forward in communicating how to safely and effectively utilize melatonin,” said Todd Zimmerman, M.D., a pediatric emergency medicine physician and medical director at Pediatrix® Emergency Medicine of Nevada. “I encourage anyone that is either taking or will take melatonin, or who has children in the house where someone is taking melatonin, to review these guidelines and discuss them with other family members,” said Dr. Zimmerman.
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