Natural health product · NPN 80048875
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 March 3, 2014; licence last revised October 27, 2025.
- Natural Product Number (NPN)
- 80048875
- Licence holder
- Natural Factors Nutritional Products LimitedCoquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
- Dosage form
- Tablet
- Route
- Oral
- Licensing route
- Compendial
- First licensed
- March 3, 2014
- Licence last revised
- October 27, 2025
Also sold as
Other product names on the same licence.
- Melatonin 1 mg
Medicinal ingredients
Per dosage unit, as licensed.
| Ingredient | Amount | Source and potency |
|---|---|---|
| N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine | 1 milligrams | Melatonin |
What it is licensed for
The licence’s own wording. Directions, doses, cautions and warnings are on the official record and the label.
- Helps (to) 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 (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). 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). May help alleviate abdominal pain associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). (Used as a) sleep aid (to help promote sleep).
Non-medicinal ingredients
Cellulose; Croscarmellose Sodium; Flavour; Peppermint Flavour; Magnesium Stearate; Lactose Monohydrate