Meloset
Meloset is a 3mg melatonin tablet used for trouble getting to sleep at the usual hour and for jet lag; it is the lowest strength of the melatonin tablets here.
All strengths and pack prices
| Strength | Pack | Price | Per tablet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3mg | 10 tablets | $11.00 | $1.10 |
| 3mg | 20 tablets | $18.80 | $0.94 |
| 3mg | 30 tablets | $25.50 | $0.85 |
| 3mg | 60 tablets | $46.20 | $0.77 |
| 3mg | 90 tablets | $58.50 | $0.65 |
| 3mg | 120 tablets | $56.40 | $0.47 |
- Category
- Sleep Management
- Active ingredient
- Melatonin
- Route
- Oral
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 3mg
Shipped in a discreet, unmarked envelope.
Details
- Therapeutic Class
- Sleep Aid
- Pharmacological Class
- Hormone
- Minor Side Effects
- Daytime drowsiness, Headache
- Moderate Side Effects
- Vivid dreams
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral
- Manufacturer
- Aristo Pharmaceuticals
- Onset Time
- 30–60 minutes
- Duration
- Few hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store in a cool, dark, dry place.
- Drug Interactions
- Sedatives, Alcohol
FAQ
Which Meloset pack sizes can I order?
You can order Meloset as 3mg tablets in packs of 10, 20, 30, 60, 90 or 120 tablets. Larger packs cost less per tablet.
How is Meloset delivered to Hong Kong?
For Meloset delivery to Hong Kong, order tracking is on the tracking page, and support answers 24/7 in English and Cantonese by live chat. Every parcel ships in plain, unbranded packaging with nothing on the outside about the contents. Payment is by Visa, Mastercard or American Express on a secure, encrypted page, or Bitcoin or Ethereum.
What is another name for melatonin?
Is Meloset the same as melatonin?
Yes. Meloset is a brand name, and the medicine inside is melatonin. Each tablet holds 3mg of the hormone, the same substance your body makes in the evening. Restfine and Sleepose are different brands of melatonin in the shop, each with 10mg per tablet.
Can I drink alcohol with Meloset?
Alcohol and melatonin both make you drowsy, so the two together can leave you flatter the next morning than either would alone. Evening drinking also tends to break sleep in the early hours, which undoes the routine you are trying to set. Keep alcohol light while you use it.
Can I take Meloset for jet lag?
Jet lag is one of its main uses. Take the tablet at bedtime in your destination's time zone for the first few nights after landing, rather than at your home bedtime. Flights east tend to shift the body clock further than flights west, so allow a few days for the change.
What is the difference between Meloset 3mg and the 10mg melatonin tablets?
Only the amount of melatonin per tablet and the brand differ. Meloset holds 3mg, while Restfine and Sleepose hold 10mg each. There is no separate ingredient at work in the higher-strength tablets, so choose the strength you have used before.
About Meloset
What Meloset tablets are for
Sleep that has drifted out of step is what melatonin is for: lying awake at midnight, then unable to surface before ten. It is the hormone your brain releases as evening light fades, so it works on the timing of sleep rather than forcing it. Meloset comes as a 3mg tablet, and it is the strength sold here for insomnia and jet lag.
Two situations come up most. One is a body clock that has moved late, so your natural bedtime sits hours after the one you need. The other is travel across several time zones, which leaves you tired and alert at the wrong hours for a few days after landing.
How to take Meloset 3mg
Timing matters more than anything else here. Take one tablet with water shortly before you want to be asleep, at the same point each evening while you use it. If you are trying to pull a late body clock forward, that means earlier in the evening than feels natural.
Light matters as much as the tablet. Phone screens and bright kitchen bulbs late in the evening tell your brain it is still daytime, which pushes the body clock back, so dim the room once you have taken your dose. Melatonin sets the timing of sleep and does not knock you out, so one tablet is enough and a second will not work harder.
Meloset next to Restfine and Sleepose
Restfine and Sleepose hold the same ingredient at 10mg per tablet, so the three differ in brand and strength rather than in what is inside them. Meloset is the 3mg option, a plain tablet.
Side effects and interactions
Headache, a heavy-headed feeling the next morning and unusually vivid dreams are the complaints that come up most often, and they tend to ease within a few days. Some people feel sick or dizzy. A rash or swelling is rare and a reason to stop taking it.
There are medicines that do not mix well with melatonin. Blood thinners, epilepsy medicines, diabetes medicines and immunosuppressants are the main groups, and the antidepressant fluvoxamine can push melatonin levels up in the body. Alcohol brings extra drowsiness and often breaks sleep in the early hours. Melatonin is not used during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Storage
Leave each tablet in its foil until you are ready to take it, and keep the pack away from direct sun.
Sources
- Melatonin: What You Need To Know | NCCIH — National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- Insomnia - NHS — NHS