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Article: Mayo Clinic Study Shows Melatonin Helps Alleviate Violent Sleep Disorder Symptoms.
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- September 8, 2003
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Byline: Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Mayo Clinic study shows that melatonin successfully alleviates many patients' symptoms of REM-sleep behavior disorder (RBD), a violent sleep condition that manifests during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, a stage of deep sleep in which most dreaming occurs.
"Melatonin can be considered as one possible option for RBD," says Brad Boeve, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and sleep specialist, and the study's principal investigator.
People who experience RBD appear to act out their dreams, in which screaming, yelling, hitting, kicking and jumping out of bed tend to occur. These ...