References & Sources

Melatonin lag for jet travelers

Taking melatonin to ease the symptoms of jet lag may work no better than taking placebo pills.

References:

Spitzer, R.L., et al. 1999. Jet lag: Clinical features, validation of a new syndrome-specific scale, and lack of response to melatonin in a randomized, double-blind trial. American Journal of Psychiatry 156(September):1392.

Sources:

Robert L. Spitzer
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Biometrics Research, Unit 60
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 12, September 18, 1999, p. 189. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.