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Melatonin vs Rapamycin for longevity

Short answer: For longevity, users rate them about the same: 100% report improvement with Melatonin (7 reports) and 100% with Rapamycin (7 reports).

Melatonin has 688 meta-analyses and 1,128 randomized trials on PubMed; Rapamycin has 497 and 1,245.

Based on 1,370 reports about Melatonin and 61 about Rapamycin. Not medical advice.

Melatonin
Supplement
Rapamycin
Medication
Users say it helped42%helped726 reports · high confidence28%helped11 reports · few reports
Verdict
Mixed
Mixed
ResearchAResearch: StrongAResearch: Strong
Meta-analyses / RCTs688 / 1,128497 / 1,245
Mainly used for
Sleep
% reporting improvement
78% (915)—
Mood
% reporting improvement
32% (37)100% (2)
Energy
% reporting improvement
32% (25)—
Anxiety
% reporting improvement
44% (16)—
Longevity
% reporting improvement
100% (7)100% (7)
Common side effectsdrowsiness, vivid dreams, fatigue, depressionfatigue, slow wound, canker sores, hyperglycemia
Typical dose reported0.5 mg / bedtimeNot listed
Melatonin
Latest review conclusion

Overall, eszopiclone and lemborexant had a favorable profile, but eszopiclone might cause substantial adverse events and safety data on lemborexant were inconclusive. Doxepin, seltorexant, and zaleplon were well tolerated, but data on efficacy and other important outcomes were scarce and do not allow firm conclusions. Many licensed drugs (including benzodiazepines, daridorexant, suvorexant, and trazodone) can be effective in the acute treatment of insomnia but are associated with poor tolerability, or information about long-term effects is not available. Melatonin, ramelteon, and non-licensed

Lancet, 2022 ↗
What a user said
“I have taken it nightly for 19 years. Doses ranging from .1 to 10mg. Right now I take 3mg per night. It helps me sleep.”
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Rapamycin
Latest review conclusion

The majority of the patients reported adverse events limited to grade 1 or 2. On the whole, the data presented herein confirm the findings of previous studies on the relative safety of everolimus, a targeted therapeutic agent, which differs from that of conventional chemotherapy, and highlight the potential adverse events associated with the therapeutic use of everolimus.

Int J Oncol, 2021 ↗
What a user said
“I've noticed a 10% increase in HDL and some fatigue the day after taking more than 6mg.”
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