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Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 4 Feb 2014 04:31:34 -0600
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Not here, I have tried melatonin, and all I got was being awake and relaxed.
Everybody is a chemistry set I guess.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: It's legit


> Nothing that a 3 MG tablet of Melatonin can't also deal with.  
> You can buy it over the counter and it's cheap.  Jim WA6EKS
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 10:58:39 -0600
> Subject: It's legit
> 
> Here it is; the condition has been well described by others but
> apparently we totals often have body clocks that run wrong 
> because of
> no light perception.  I have been in the test study for the new 
> drug
> for nearly three years now and have been taking the drug for 
> almost
> two of them.  I may have been on the placebo at first - I haven't
> been told and I don't believe that the testing organization knew,
> either.  There were a number of test locations around the U S and 
> in
> Germany.  The test was sponsored by Vanda Pharmaceuticals and the
> drug received FDA approval last week.  The drug is:
> Tasimelteon and is a 20 mg.  capsule that you take 1 hour before
> bedtime.  It is not a "sleeping pill" so there is no effect in 
> the
> morning.  I believe that the medication has improved my 
> sleep/wake
> pattern.  Not a miracle cure but helpful.  My body clock was set 
> at
> 26 hours or so, so as the cycle progressed I would get really 
> sleepy
> at odd times of the day and it was tough to be alert and on top 
> of
> things.  That is definitely better and I probably sleep better at
> night, although I don't always sleep through until morning but I
> never have.  Not too big a problem until they wrecked overnight A 
> M radio!
> That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!  This is to be a 
> prescription
> drug and of course I have no idea about the pricing.  The 
> ethicacy
> study will now end - I have perhaps 100 capsules left and will 
> see
> what happens to me next week.  It has been an interesting study 
> and
> hopefully others will benefit from it.
> Thanks for reading.
> Pat Byrne, K9JAU

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