Sleep Capsules

Carmi Remedy’s Rx Pharmacy’s May Compound of the Month

Magnesium Glycinate 900mg / Melatonin 5mg / Zinc Gluconate 10mg

Having trouble sleeping?

If you are looking for an alternative to prescription medications to help you sleep consider our custom compounded sleep capsules with magnesium, melatonin, and zinc. Our Penticton Pharmacists compound these onsite and will be happy to discuss your needs prior to compounding your Sleep Capsules.

Magnesium: The Relaxation Mineral

Magnesium is a natural mineral that the body needs to function properly. It is a natural part of a healthy diet, however many people remain deficit in this critical nutrient. Magnesium as a supplement can help with many issues including problems sleeping.

Magnesium is well known for its ability to improve and relieve issues sleeping, such as insomnia. A major source of insomnia is from excess cortisol levels due to stress. Magnesium regulates hormones in the body including cortisol, so it can reduce the excess cortisol that is preventing you from sleeping. Magnesium also works to help you relax. If you are feeling tense it works to relax your muscles and in effect puts you in that sleepy state you want to be in. This also helps you to relax and ease muscle pain, tenseness and stress that may prevent you from getting good nights sleep.

Melatonin: Your Internal Clock

Melatonin is a natural hormone made by your body’s pineal gland. It is highly involved and regulated by the body’s natural circadian rhythm. For those with a healthy circadian rhythm, the body will produce melatonin a few hours before bedtime to prepare the body for night.

Many things can disrupt the body’s circadian rhythm such as poor sleep schedule, late nights, eating too late at night, lack of exercise, lack of exposure to sunlight during the day, exposure to bright light in the evening and more. If your body isn’t producing melatonin at the right time you may have trouble falling asleep.

Taking a melatonin supplement can you fall asleep by guiding the body into a healthy sleep cycle if you have disrupted your sleep cycle due to any of the above mentioned factors, or if you produce low levels of melatonin.

Zinc: For Quality Sleep

Zinc has been found to have interesting effects on both dream quality and sleep quality. Some studies have found that people who were deficient in Zinc did not recall their dreams or often suffered nightmares. Once participants began supplementing with Zinc and achieved healthy levels of zinc in their bodies participants reported recalling their dreams, some with great vividness, while other participants reported having more pleasant dreams.

More serious however is zinc and its relation to insomnia. Zinc deficiencies are also very common. Research suggests that we can only absorb about 30% of the Zinc that we consume, which means that even the most mineral rich foods we eat won’t necessarily save us from a Zinc deficiency. A common symptom of a zinc deficiency is trouble sleeping as zinc as zinc defficieny has been linked to lower levels of melatonin. People who supplement with zinc have reported improved sleep.

Synergy

The combination of these three supplements acts as a powerful natural sleep aid. They are non-addictive as they are nutrients your body needs to fall asleep. Studies have reported improved ability to fall asleep and quality of sleep in older adults who supplemented with magnesium, melatonin and zinc.

There are many factors that are involved in getting quality nights sleep. Supplements alone can provide some help, however we suggest speaking to your healthcare provider or one of our Carmi Remedy’s Rx Pharmacists to determine the cause of your sleep issues.

Call us at 778-476-0010 or come down to see us at 15-725 Carmi Ave, just up from Penticton Regional Hospital in the Carmi Medical Dental Building.

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