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Natural health product · NPN 80032969

Melatonin

Yes: licensed in Canada

The product licence is active. Whether the product is actually on the market is a separate, voluntary notice; the official record shows it.

Licence status Active; licensed June 20, 2012; licence last revised December 22, 2025.
Natural Product Number (NPN)
80032969
Licence holder
WN Pharmaceuticals LtdCoquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Dosage form
Tablet, modified release
Route
Oral
Licensing route
Non-Traditional
First licensed
June 20, 2012
Licence last revised
December 22, 2025

Also sold as

Other product names on the same licence.

  • Melatonin 5 mg
  • Melatonin Extra Strength
  • Melatonin Extra Strength 5 mg

Medicinal ingredients

Per dosage unit, as licensed.

IngredientAmount
N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamineMelatonin5 mg

What it is licensed for

The licence’s own wording. Directions, doses, cautions and warnings are on the official record and the label.

  • Helps increase the total sleep time (aspect of sleep quality) in people suffering from sleep restriction or altered sleep schedule (e.g. shift-work and jet lag). Helps relieve the daytime fatigue associated with jet lag. Helps (to) speed up/reduce the time it takes to fall asleep (sleep onset latency aspect of sleep quality) in people who fall asleep slowly/with delayed sleep phase disorder. Helps (to) re-set the body's sleep-wake cycle (aspect of the circadian rhythm). Helps (to) prevent and/or reduce the effects of jet lag/minimize jet lag (e.g. daytime fatigue, sleep disturbance) (for people/if travelling by plane easterly across two or more time zones/flying east over two or more time zones). May help alleviate abdominal pain associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). (Used as a) sleep aid (to help promote sleep).

Non-medicinal ingredients

Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate; Cellulose; Magnesium Stearate; Carbohydrate gum

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