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The Secret Life of Melatonin
Clare Gray MD FRCPC Mental Health Rounds
July 21, 2016
child & youth Mental Health Series
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Disclosures
• I will be discussing “off label” use of melatonin
• I am not a sleep medicine specialist
• I am not an expert on melatonin
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Learning Objectives
• At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to • Describe the role of melatonin with respect to
sleep • Appreciate the pros and cons associated with
melatonin use • Understand the importance of non-
pharmacological approaches in sleep management
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Outline • Why talk about melatonin?
• Endogenous melatonin • Synthesis, secretion
• Exogenous melatonin • Dosing • Side effects • Health Canada Update
• Use of melatonin in • Primary sleep disorders – DSPS, Behavioural insomnia of childhood • Secondary – ASD, ADHD, ID
• Other potential uses for melatonin
• Non-pharmacological approaches to sleep
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Why a talk about Melatonin?
• The use of melatonin is increasing rapidly
• Seems like many/most patients have already tried melatonin before seeing a health professional
• Dirk Bock (2016); Western University • Surveyed 100 physicians –67 responded • 28 pediatricians • 36 family physicians
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Why a talk about Melatonin?
• Over a 6 month period • 89% had recommended OTC • 66% had recommended prescription medication
• 30% recommended OTC/prescription medication to otherwise healthy kids • 73% melatonin • 41% OTC antihistamines • 37% antidepressants • 29% benzodiazepines
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Why a talk about Melatonin?
• Over a 6 month period • 89% had recommended OTC • 66% had recommended prescription medication
• 30% recommended OTC/prescription medication to otherwise healthy kids • 73% melatonin • 41% OTC antihistamines • 37% antidepressants • 29% benzodiazepines
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Why a talk about Melatonin?
• D. Bock (2015) • Surveyed 350 parents in the ED • 80% of children with a medical condition had
trouble sleeping • 70% of children without • 27% taking OTC (40% melatonin) • 6% taking prescription medications for sleep
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Why a talk about Melatonin?
• D. Bock (2015) • Surveyed 350 parents in the ED • 80% of children with a medical condition had
trouble sleeping • 70% of children without • 27% taking OTC (40% melatonin) • 6% taking prescription medications for sleep
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What is Melatonin?
• A hormone
• N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine
• Produced by the pineal gland
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Melatonin secretion
• Secretion of melatonin from the pineal gland is controlled by • Endogenous rhythmicity of cells in the
Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the hypothalamus • Light perception by the retina
• Melatonin is secreted in the darkness in response to the release of norepinephrine from retinal photoreceptors and the resulting activation of the retino-hypothalamic-pineal system
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24 Hour Melatonin Levels
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1 pg = 0.000000001 mg
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Melatonin and Age
• By 3 months of age diurnal secretion of melatonin is evident
• Melatonin output decreases with age!
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Two process model
• When we sleep is driven by sleep homeostasis
• Drive for sleep • Increases throughout the day the longer we are
awake
• Circadian Rhythm • 24 hour clock • Controls alertness and tiredness throughout the
day
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Health Canada
• First licensed in Canada in 2005 as a “natural health product”
• Over 500 melatonin-containing natural health products licensed in Canada – either single or multi-ingredient formulations
• 2 multi-ingredient melatonin cold remedies (>12yo) have been licensed in Canada since 2011 – not currently marketed in Canada
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• Available in Canada (2016)
• GABA
• Melatonin
• 5HTP
• Snoozeberry flavour!
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Health Canada
• Should not be used for more than 4 weeks without consulting a healthcare professional
• Health Canada has not authorized any melatonin –containing products for use in children 11 years and younger • Use is “off label”
• In USA, FDA deems melatonin “dietary
supplement” • In UK, Australia – requires a prescription!
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Health Canada
• Consult MD especially if • Hormonal disorders, brain (CP, seizure d/o),
heart (hypertension), liver or kidney diseases, diabetes, migraine, depression
• Taking blood pressure, sedative, psychiatric or immunosuppressive medications
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Other interactions • Melatonin may decrease BP
• Caution with antihypertensives
• Melatonin may increase blood sugar • Caution in diabetics
• Caffeine – may increase or decrease melatonin levels
• OCPs – may increase melatonin levels
• Melatonin – increases immune system activity – decreasing effectiveness of immunosuppressants
• Melatonin might slow blood clotting – caution with anticoagulants
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Exogenous Melatonin
• T1/2 -- 40 minutes
• Extensive first pass effect for oral preparations – with bioavailability of 1 to 37%
• Peak concentrations within an hour
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Melatonin interactions
• Kennaway (2015)
• CYP1A2 (to a lesser extend CYP2C19)
• Children 1 to 9 years old • Have 50 to 55% of adult levels CYP1A2 • Can lead to high levels of melatonin
• Inhibitors of CYP1A2 – raises melatonin levels • fluvoxamine, cimetidine, ciprofloxacin
• Inducers of CYP1A2 – lower melatonin levels • carbamazepine, omeprazole, smoking
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Mechanism of Action
• Hypnotic –at higher doses it may induce sleep
• Chronobiotic – regulates the circadian rhythm
• DLMO – Dim light melatonin onset • Natural rise in melatonin levels 1 to 3 hours before
sleep onset • Corresponds to the end of the “wakefulness” signal
produced by the circadian system • Blue/white light exposure in the evenings can delay
DLMO
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Dosing melatonin
• Peculiar drug because timing of its administration plays a critical role in the results of treatment
• The timing of when you take melatonin will determine both the magnitude and direction of effect
• The optimal timing to dose melatonin for shifting the sleep period is actually a few hours before bedtime (before DLMO)
• https://youtube/AmBSjPQ3pCM
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Dosing melatonin
• The earlier the melatonin is administered before DLMO the larger the phase advance of sleep onset
• Within a window of 1 to 6 hours before DLMO, each advance intake time of 1 hour resulted in an increase in effect on sleep onset of 19 minutes
• Assess DLMO – by measuring it in saliva
• Recommended to measure DLMO before starting melatonin!
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Melatonin dosing
• No evidence to indicate that extended-release melatonin has advantages over immediate-release melatonin
• If maintenance of sleep is the main problem – melatonin treatment usually is ineffective
• The administration of exogenous melatonin does not seem to affect endogenous production
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Side Effects
• Morning drowsiness
• Daytime sleepiness*
• Headache*
• Dizziness*
• Hyperactivity
• Irritability
• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhea
• Rash
• Hypothermia
• Increased enuresis
• Depressed mood
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• Melatonin can interact with various medications • Anticoagulants • Immunosuppressants • Diabetes medications • OCP
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British survey – • Waldron (2005)
• Surveyed British pediatricians – N 148
• 1918 children prescribed melatonin (0.5 to 24 mg)
• 18% MDs reported adverse events • 2 – new seizures • 3 – increased seizure frequency • 5 – hyperactivity • 6 – agitation/behavioural changes • 6 – worse sleep • 2 – nightmares • 2 -- constipation
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Health Canada 2016
• Serious neurologic AEs suspected of being associated with melatonin use have been reported in children and adolescents • Both in Canada and internationally
• Based on current evidence, a relationship between pediatric use of melatonin and the occurrence of neurological adverse reactions such as seizures could not be established
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Health Canada 2016
• International reports brought to Health Canada’s attention by foreign regulators
• Neurological adverse reactions • Anxiety • Panic reactions • Visual hallucinations • Seizures
• Health Canada had conducted a review of the safety of melatonin in children and adolescents in 2011
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Health Canada 2016 • At the time of the 2011 review – Health Canada had received 18
Canadian reports of adverse events suspected of being associated with melatonin
• Most frequent – daytime sleepiness
• 5/18 considered serious • 2 cases with epilepsy – 1 had a seizure and the other had increased
frequency of seizures while taking melatonin and carbamazepine • 1 with ADHD had hallucinations while taking melatonin and ADHD
medication • The other 2 – dyspnea and an increase LFTs
• Limited information – causal association not established
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Health Canada 2016
• Reviewed WHO Global Individual Case Safety Reports Database System
• 163 reports of adverse reactions (8 from Canada) suspected of being associated with pediatric use of melatonin
• Most common – general fatigue, aggression, abnormal dreams, headache
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Side Effects – Long Term
• Possible suppression of the hypothalamic – gonadal axis • Theoretical risk
• Kennaway (2015) • Hundreds of experiments on young and adult
animals (rodents, cats, ruminants and primates) reporting major influences on reproductive system
• melatonin is used as a veterinary drug!
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Side Effects – Long Term
• Van Geijlswijk 2011 – • evaluated puberty in 51 adolescents using
melatonin for a mean duration of 3.1 years – no impact
• Case reports • Elevated endogenous melatonin levels in 7 male
patients with GNRH deficiency • Higher melatonin secretion in males with
hypogonadotropin hypogonadism and delayed puberty
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Melatonin interactions
• Because melatonin my decrease blood pressure or serum glucose – • Caution in patients who receive concomitant
therapy with agents that affect BP or blood sugar
• Melatonin is safe in overdose – any excess is simply excreted
• Exogenous melatonin doesn’t seem to affect the endogenous secretion
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Definitions
• SOL – sleep onset latency • Time from laying down to sleep to sleep onset • Up to 30 minutes is normal • Difference of 15 minutes is clinically important
• TST – total sleep time
• DLMO – dim light melatonin onset
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Melatonin and Primary Sleep Disorders
• 2 most common causes of insomnia in children and adolescents • DSPS – Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome • Behavioural Insomnia of Childhood
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Melatonin and primary sleep disorders
• Buscemi (2005)
• Systematic review
• 2 RCTs
• N 110; 0 to 18 years old
• 5mg melatonin x 4/52
• Decrease SOL 16.7 minutes
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Melatonin in Primary Sleep Disorders
• Gringras (2012) • 3 to 15 year olds • Escalating melatonin dose 45 minutes before
bedtime • Objective measurement (actigraphy) • Decreased SOL by 45 minutes • Advanced wake time by 30 minutes • Overall TST not affected
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Melatonin and primary sleep disorders
• Ferraciola-Oda (2013)
• Meta-analysis
• 19 RCTs
• N 1683; adults and children
• Decrease SOL of 7 minutes
• Increase TST 8.25 minutes
• Higher doses and longer duration of treatment was associated with greater effect sizes on SOL and TST – suggesting there is no evidence of the development of tolerance*
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Melatonin and primary sleep disorders
• When melatonin was administered at a time related to DLMO, meta-analyses showed that melatonin decreased SOL
• However without knowing DLMO – melatonin did not improve sleep
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Melatonin and Secondary Sleep Disorders
• ADHD
• ASD
• ID
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Melatonin and ADHD
• As many as 70% of children with ADHD have been reported has having mild to severe sleep problems
• Cortese (2009) • Meta-analysis • More sleep problems in kids with ADHD • Bedtime resistance • Sleep onset difficulties • Night awakenings • Difficulties with morning awakenings • Higher levels of daytime sleepiness
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Melatonin and ADHD
• Pian Gi (2003) • N 27 • Open label • 3mg • Decrease SOL 135 minutes at 1 week • Decrease SOL 16 minutes at 3 months
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Melatonin and ADHD
• Weiss (2006) • N 23; • RCT • 5mg melatonin, on stimulants • Decrease SOL 16 minutes • Increase TST 15 minutes
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Melatonin and ADHD
• Van der Heijden (2007) • N 105; 6 to 12 years old • Double blind crossover • No stimulant treatment • 3 to 6 mg melatonin • Decrease SOL 27 minutes (increase SOL 10
minutes in placebo group) • Increase TST 20 minutes
• No change in behaviour, QOL, cognitive performance
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Melatonin and ADHD
• Anderson (2008) • N 107 • 3 to 6 mg melatonin, not on stimulants • Decrease SOL 24 minutes • Increase TST 33 minutes
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Melatonin and ASD
• 67% of ASD children have sleep difficulties • Reduced total sleep • Longer sleep latency • Nocturnal and early morning awakenings
• Garstang (2006) • N 11; 5 to 15 years old • DB randomized crossover design • 5mg melatonin x 4 weeks • Decrease SOL from 2.6 h to 1.06 hours • Increase TST from 8.05 h to 9.84 hours
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Melatonin and ASD
• Anderson (2008) • N 107; 2 – 18 years old • Open label, based on parent response • 0.75 mg – 6 mg (30 to 60 mins before bedtime) • Followed avg. 1.8 years • 25% no sleep concerns • 60% improved sleep • 14% no response • 1% worse
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Melatonin and ASD
• Cortesi (2012) • N 134; Mean age 6 years • 3 mg controlled release vs CBT vs combo vs
placebo • Melatonin alone • Decrease SOL 36 minutes • Increase TST 71 minutes
• CBT • Decreased SOL by 17 minutes • Increased TST 37 minutes
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Melatonin and ASD
• Rossignol & Frye (2013)
• Meta-analysis RCT placebo controlled crossover studies • Significant improvement • Large effect size • Sleep duration and SOL • But not in nighttime awakenings • Majority responded to 1 to 3 mg given 30 minutes
before bedtime • Overall improvement rate 80%
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Melatonin and ID
• Sajith (2007)
• Meta-analysis 9 RCTs
• N 183
• Melatonin decreased SOL by 34 minutes
• Increased TST 50 minutes
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Melatonin and other neurological disorders
• Epilepsy • Literature is conflicting • But suggests that melatonin is unlikely to exacerbate
seizures and might even protect against them • Need more data
• Headaches • No definitive consensus • Open label trial (Miano 2008) children with primary
headache, melatonin 3mg bid • decreased number of headaches by more than 50% and
decreased the intensity and duration of headache in 14 of 21 children
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Other actions of melatonin
• Antioxidant
• Anti-inflammatory
• Free radical scavenger
• Neuroprotective • ?role in minimizing neuronal damage from birth
asphyxia (animal studies)
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What else can Melatonin do? (maybe)
• Cancer – breast, prostate
• Alzheimer's
• Anti-aging
• Analgesia for diagnostic procedures
• Helpful with sleep EEGs – sedation for brainstem auditory evoked potential assessments
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Other potential uses
• University of Maryland Medical Center (2016) • Heart disease • Antioxidant/anti-inflammatory/lower BP
• Menopause • Sleep/prevent bone loss
• Benzodiazepine Withdrawal • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain • Sunburn • IBS • Sarcoidosis • Assisted reproduction
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Non-pharmacological approaches to sleep
• Audience participation time
• What can we do to improve sleep without medication?
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Non-pharmacoligcal approaches to sleep
• No daytime napping
• Electronics turned off 30 to 60 minutes before bed
• Limiting caffeine intake
• Exercise (but not right before bed)
• Dark room
• Comfortable bed/pillow
• Cool room (60 to 68 F)
• Good bedtime routine
• Regular bed time
• Regular wake time
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Conclusions • Melatonin can be useful – timing of administration is important
• Studies in special populations provide best evidence for usefulness (ASD, ADHD)
• Adverse effects – seem to be mild and self limited
• Long term safety profile in children has yet to be established
• Use non pharmacological interventions first!
• Studies to date have serious limitations – small number of trials, small number of subjects, lack of long term studies, variations in how sleep is measured, variability in dosing and timing of dosing etc
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