You could use liquid melatonin instead, and dilute it to a usably measurably small dose.
Or he could use whatever pills to make his own liquid melatonin, and titrate from there.
I bought a bunch of stoppered bottles with calibrated eye droppers for the purpose. 6 bottles, 7 bucks at amazon, though that item shows no longer available.
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