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Study Shows Melatonin Supplements May Make a Standing Hazard for the Cardiovascular-Challenged.

Byline: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

HERSHEY, Pa., Sept. 15 (AScribe News) -- For insomniacs and jet-lagged travelers, melatonin supplements may enable a good night's sleep.

However, a study by Chester A. Ray, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center suggests that melatonin supplements may make symptoms worse for the half a million people - many of them women and the elderly - with orthostatic intolerance, a condition in which the cardiovascular system cannot maintain a

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