UK general physicians can now offer melatonin on prescription to treat older adult patients diagnosed with primary insomnia. Danish drugmaker H Lundbeck's Circadin is the first pharmaceutical-grade licensed melatonin available in the UK for the short-term treatment of primary insomnia in patients aged 55 years or over. The agent is a prolonged-release formulation of synthesized melatonin that is released over several hours in order to provide the body with melatonin at an adequate physiological level during the normal hours of resting.
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