>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. SO A NEW STUDY REGARDING MELATONIN IS DRAWING SOME
ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY FOR
PARENTS JUST LAST YEAR. U.S.
POISON CONTROL CENTERS
RECEIVED MORE THAN 52,000
CALLS OF CHILDREN BEING
POISONED BY THE SLEEP AID.
THAT IS 6 TIMES MORE THAN WHAT
WAS REPORTED ALMOST A DECADE
EARLIER. MOST OF THOSE
POISONINGS HAPPENING. HOW
HAPPENED ACCIDENTALLY IN
CHILDREN 5 AND YOUNGER THIS
YEAR, 500 CALLS ALREADY THE
FLORIDA POISON CONTROL WHERE
MELATONIN RELATED. 28 HERE IN
DUVAL COUNTY. SO JOT. JOINING
ME NOW IS DOCTOR KAMELA UBANI
FROM THE FLORIDA POISON
INFORMATION CENTER HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE. THANKS FOR
COMING IN. THANK YOU. GLAD TO
BE HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT’S
INTERESTING ABOUT MELATONIN WE
DON’T USE IN OUR HOUSEHOLD,
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO
GUMMIES. THEY TASTE GOOD AND
THE KIDS ACTUALLY CAN EASILY
GET THEIR HANDS ON IT. IF IT’S
NOT SAFE STORED SO TALK TO ME
YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN
IT’S TIME TO GET POISON
CONTROL A CALL? IS IT THAT
THEY HAD AN EXTRA COUPLE ARE
PAID AT THE BOTTLE? YEAH.
>> SO IN ANY EXPOSURE. SO
LET’S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, I’M
TAKING MELATONIN AND I SEE
THAT MY LITTLE 2 YEAR-OLD I
HAVE TO OUT TO THAT INTO A THE
BOTTLE OF MELATONIN. THEN AT
THAT POINT, I WILL BE CALLING
POISON CONTROL CENTER BECAUSE
IT WASN’T INTENDED FOR THEM,
RIGHT? OKAY. NOT NOT THAT AGE
BRACKET. SO IT’S A CHILD. GETS
THEIR HANDS ON IT. THAT’S AN
IMMEDIATE CALL IS JUST MONITOR
WHAT’S HAPPENING? YES, SO YOU
REPORTED THE POISON CENTER AND
THEN WE’LL KIND OF WALK YOU
THROUGH WHAT TYPE OF SYMPTOMS
YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM THE
MILITANT IN.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: THE THING
WITH POISON CONTROL IS IT’S
GREAT BECAUSE HANDS ON YOU
TALK WITH SOMEONE AND THEN
THEY CAN KIND OF WALK YOU
THROUGH. SO THERE’S NO NEED TO
REALLY WORRY. WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU CALL? WHAT
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN YOUR
CHILD?
>> SO IN A CHILD WHO GOT
EXPOSED TO WHETHER IT THEY
JUST WHEN BEHIND MOM WITH
PARENTS BACK AND GRAB TABLET
AND IN JUST A AS WELL. MAINLY
LOOKING FOR SLEEPING US. THOSE
ARE GOING TO BE THE MAIN
SYMPTOMS THAT WILL SEE WITH
THE MELATONIN, WHETHER THEY
GOT INTO A COUPLE A HANDFUL IN
THE CASE, HANDFUL, THEY CAN
REALLY GET THAT MUCH AS A
HANDFUL RAIN IS GOING TO BE
MAINLY SLEEPINESS, AS WILL
SEE. AND I THINK THAT’S HARD
TO SAY BECAUSE MELATONIN TO
SUPPOSE THAT KEEP YOU PUT YOU
TO SLEEP, RIGHT. SO ARE YOU
MONITORING THE CHILD THEN FOR
THE NEXT DAY OR HOW LONG THEY
ARE, YOU ADVISE TO KEEP AN EYE
ON THEM. SO IT REALLY DEPENDS
ON HOW MUCH THEY INGESTED. AND
MOST OF THE TIME WE GET CALLS
FROM THE POISON CENTER WHERE
UNSURE.
>> HOW MUCH THEY GOT. SO THE
MAIN THING IS JUST GOING TO BE
WATCHING FOR EXCESSIVE
SLEEPING AS IF YOU NOTICE YOUR
CHILD IS FALLING ASLEEP AT ITS
OK, BECAUSE THAT’S WITH
MELATONIN TO TENSE TEST. THE
EFFECTS OF THE NOTE ON IT. SO
WE’LL JUST MONITOR THEM FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AND
THEN THEY’LL WAKE BACK UP.
>> YOU KNOW, WE THINK IT’S
PARENTS THAT OUR WE PUT ON THE
TOP SHELF, THEY’RE NOT GOING
TO GET TO IT. I’VE SEEN MY SON
WHEN HE WAS LITTLE CLIMB UP ON
THE COUNTER AND GET SOME
THINGS HE SHOULDN’T. SO YOU
REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
THAT. WHAT ADVICE TO GIVE
PARENTS WHEN THEY’RE STORING
PRODUCTS THAT ARE NATURAL AND
GENERALLY ARE SAFE UNLESS YOU
CONSUME TOO MUCH.
>> SO THEY HAVE ICE. WE GIVE
IS TO KEEP STUFF BLOCKED
BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THOSE
GUMMIES BECAUSE THEY’RE
ATTRACTED TO KIDS. THEY’RE
LIKE CANDY AND SOMETIMES KIDS
CAN GET INTO THE MILITANTS
BECAUSE THEY’RE THEY THINK IS
CANDY ALSO OTHER COMING.
PREPARATIONS ARE LIKE THC OR
ADULT GUMMIES AND THE MAIN
THING IS NO MATTER WHAT YOU
HAVE IN THE HOUSE. SO MAKE
SURE YOU KEEP THEM LOCKED UP
AND KEEP IT UP UP.
>> UP AND AWAY, NOT JUST UP A
LITTLE BIT IN A WAY YOU ALL
SEEN INCREASES AND SIMILAR
PRODUCTS. YES, SO. THC,
GUMMIES. LIKE ALL THESE GUMMY
PREPARATIONS, THOSE ARE WHAT
WE’RE SEEING. A SPIKE IN AN
INCREASE IN CALLS, ESPECIALLY
IN THE
>>MELANIE LAWSON: CHILDREN.
AND WOULD YOU ADVISE EVEN, YOU
KNOW, FOR PARENTS, MAYBE NOT
TO USE THESE TYPES OF
PRODUCTS? I KNOW MY DENTIST
HATES THE GUMMIES.
>> SO I WOULD ONLY ADVISE
USING IT UNDER THE PURVIEW OR
A PRESCRIPTION UNDER THE
DOCTORS PURVIEW AND THEN AS
WELL AS LONG AS YOU TAKE IT AS
PRESCRIBED. AND THE DOCTOR
KNOWS THAT YOU’RE TAKING A
DOCTOR’S OKAY WITH YOU, TAKING
IT, THEN JUST TAKE IT AS
PRESCRIBED. I KNOW, YOU KNOW,
I SORT POISON CONTROL OF REAL
HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE CALLS.
TYPICALLY IT’S NOT REALLY A
PROBLEM. YOU NEVER HAVE TO
TAKE THE KIDS TO THE HOSPITAL,
BUT IT’S SO GOOD TO HAVE THE
NUMBER TO CALL, RIGHT? JUST
RULE ANYTHING HOW YOU
PERCENTAGE, HOW OFTEN KIDS DO
HAVE TO GO THE HOSPITAL FOR
THIS. MOST OF MOST OF THE
TIME.
>> ALL CALLS CAN BE MONITORED
AT HOME. MOST CAUSE I WOULD
SAY ALMOST CALL CAN BE
MONITORED AT AT THE YEARS THAT
I’VE BEEN WORKING IN THE
POISON CONTROL CENTER WITH A
MILITANT, AN EXPOSURE I HAVE
YET TO SEND A KID. AND FROM A
THAT’S GOOD TO KNOW. BUT
DEFINITELY THE NUMBERS THERE
FOR YOU. IT’S FREE 1, 802 TO
2, 1, 2, 2, 2, SO VERY EASY TO
REMEMBER. GIVE THEM A CALL.
THEY’RE THERE FOR YOU JUST TO
MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED. BUT IN THE
MEANTIME, UP UP UP UP AND