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Mecloqualone

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ATC code
  
none

PubChem CID
  
9567

UNII
  
09XU4VDV7E

CAS Number
  
340-57-8

ChemSpider
  
9192

Mecloqualone

Legal status
  
CA: Schedule III DE: Anlage I (Controlled) US: Schedule I

How to pronounce mecloqualone


Mecloqualone (Nubarene, Casfen) is a quinazolinone-class GABAergic and is an analogue of methaqualone that was first made in 1960 and marketed mainly in France and some other European countries. It has sedative, hypnotic, and anxiolytic properties caused by its agonist activity at the β subtype of the GABAa receptor, and was used for the treatment of insomnia. Mecloqualone is faster-acting but shorter-lasting than methaqualone and so was used only as a sleeping pill, in contrast to methaqualone, which was used as a general-purpose anxiolytic as well. Mecloqualone was never as widely used as methaqualone and is no longer prescribed because of concerns about its potential for abuse and overdose. In the United States it is a Schedule I non-narcotic (depressant) controlled substance with an ACSCN of 2572 and zero annual aggregate manufacturing quota.

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Mecloqualone Wikipedia