I think melatonin is more the exception than the rule.
Testosterone needs to be injected and has a very short half life.
A quick Google shows Dopamine also needs to be injected and has a half life of one minute, so is only used as an IV drip.
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sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 8 months agoI used to think that these hormones might break down in stomach acid as well, but then I discovered melatonin fruit gummies, which supposedly help you sleep. These gummies are what really inspired this question. (The ones I have are mango flavored, not brains flavored, btw, in case you were wondering)
alvvayson@lemmy.world 8 months ago
clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I was wondering, thanks for the flavor drop!
Norgur@kbin.social 8 months ago
Melatonin also breaks down in your stomach. It's absorbed through the mouth and tongue while chewing. After that, most of the rest is lost. That's why Melatonin pills require higher doses to do anything. The medical science world is still split if any of the fancy melatonin you gobble up in all those gummies can cross the blood brain barrier at all.
So the same rules apply.
roguetrick@kbin.social 8 months ago
Yep, we won't supply them in our hospital because they don't have a variable effect.