Will Alteril help you Sleep Better?

Alteril is a non-prescription sleep-aid that claims to gently sedate you and help you sleep well without waking up with the “groggy” feeling often associated with other sedatives and sleep aids.  It mentions a few ingredients that may help do this, but its not clear if there’s enough.

Alteril Ingredients and Research

The main ingredients are:

• L-Tryptophan
• Melatonin

…along with ingredients “believed” to help you sleep better.  I’m not sure how that is supposed to pass as reliable information, but at the very least the primary ingredients are pretty good.  There is sufficient research to back up the effectiveness of melatonin as well as some to back tryptophan.  The big problem here is that no concentrations are listed, leaving me no way of telling you whether the dosage is effective.

Alteril Side Effects

This product is not known to be habit-forming and claims not to cause morning “grogginess” associated with some sleep aids.

Alteril Value

This product can only be ordered in a 7-day “free trial” which enrolls you in an auto-ship program.  This will automatically charge you more and send you more of the stuff without notification.  The fact they don’t disclose the price is unsettling.

Alteril Bottom Line

This product is mainly “smoke and mirrors” in that they mention a few legitimate ingredients and a bunch of “filler” talk about how awesome the product is, but they don’t really back it up with research or even concentration listings.  The fact that its an auto-ship program is a deal breaker as well.  I don’t recommend Alteril.