Melatonin for Heart Attack and Stroke: Health Benefits and Studies

Melatonin - Heart Attack Recovery

I have been commenting on the value of melatonin for many human health issues for years, but science is now suggesting that melatonin may have health-promoting and possibly life-protecting effects if taken quickly after a heart attack or stroke compared to a placebo group.

In this first study, we see that melatonin taken soon after a heart attack (within 3 hours) as an intravenous infusion  (12 mg per 50 ml) was associated with better patient outcomes two years after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), as discussed here:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9000067/

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