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  • Monthly Science: Time-release Pills

    I left a time-release melatonin pill in water for a day:

    Time-release melatonin - 24h water
    Time-release melatonin – 24h water

    Perhaps an acidic environment would be more to its taste?

    Here’s another pill after a day in vinegar:

    Time-release melatonin - 24h vinegar
    Time-release melatonin – 24h vinegar

    In both cases, poking the somewhat dissolved pill separated it into gummy chunks, so it’s probably working as designed. I suppose the usual stomach churning would help.

    This being a quack nostrum, there’s no way to tell what’s inside or how much you’re getting, but I didn’t expect to get way more B6 than you’d expect from the large print on the label. Lesson: always read the fine print, no matter how well it’s concealed.

    0/10 – would not buy again.

    As before, the results do not differ significantly from placebo, so this is a triumph of hope over experience.