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In reply to the discussion: Melatonin Inhibits COVID-19-induced Cytokine Storm by Reversing Aerobic Glycolysis in Immune Cells [View all]Moostache
(9,895 posts)13. If you use Melatonin as a sleep aid, better go buy up all you can NOW...
Very rough simplification:
The bug (COVID) causes your immune cells to utilize and generate energy (ATP) differently to fight infection. That change in energy source allows for benefits in fighting some disease, but comes with a cost - harder for the cells to regulate or act 'normal'.
Not 100% of the story - it also has to do with the way the cells trigger the immune response and gets more complicated from there, but that's the high-level gist of it.
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Melatonin Inhibits COVID-19-induced Cytokine Storm by Reversing Aerobic Glycolysis in Immune Cells [View all]
at140
Jul 2020
OP
Melatonin?? The stuff I get from the vitamin wall? Or the health food store? No scrip, no vaccine?
niyad
Jul 2020
#11
Many doctors say 10 mg is fine. I usually take anywhere from 5 or 6 mg up to about 10.
triron
Jul 2020
#39
This is great news. I and my gf take melatonin every night. I take more than she.
triron
Jul 2020
#38