Warning issued over kids’ magnesium supplement gummies
Parents are warned to stop using ranges of magnesium glycinate on nutritional ignition, due to them containing unconvolved medication called melatonin that could cause children’s problems.
Melatonin is a prescription medicine, which can cause drowsiness, headache, dizziness and nausea.
The tests of two lots of the Regulatory Agency for Medicines and Health Products in the United Kingdom (MHRA) have found the products, which have now been removed from the sale, contained between 1.5 mg and 1.7 mg of melatonin.
Anyone who has given a child to speak to a healthcare professional if he notices an unfavorable side effects, although lasting damage is not expected.
Melatonin can be given to children over six years old for sleep management if other methods have failed.
It is often used for children with a hyperactivity disorder with attention deficit (ADHD) or a delayed drowsiness phase (DSWPD) disorder and for the short -term treatment of insomnia.
Children can be prescribed a starting dose of 1 mg, up to 5 mg of melatonin per day and no serious side effects have been identified in children’s studies.
The gummies in question have been recommended for children over four years of age to help support “calm, focus and digestion”.
The magnesium glycinate is supposed to help support muscle function, improve the quality of sleep and regulate the nervous system of the body.
Parents are advised to have the article in a local pharmacy and to point out the side effects of the MHRA yellow card diagram.
The Nutrition Ignition brand website has now been deleted and the products have been deleted from online retailers such as Amazon and Ebay.
As The Guardian reported in June, the gumm brand belonged to the NHS clinical therapy management based in Surrey, Sally Westcott.
He was ordered to remove the raspberry gammies from the sale over a month ago by the MHRA after being alerted from the hidden ingredients of the candies by two mothers concerned.
The women had the gums tested when they noticed that their young children fall asleep faster than usual after consuming them and it was then discovered that they contained melatonin.
Westcott, who has not yet commented on the MHRA report, said in June that she had “never knowingly sold products containing unsuccessful ingredients”.
