Etaqualone
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Etaqualone is an analogue of methaqualone
Methaqualone
Methaqualone is a sedative-hypnotic drug that is similar in effect to barbiturates, a general central nervous system depressant. The sedative-hypnotic activity was first noted by Indian researchers in the 1950s and in 1962 methaqualone itself was patented in the US by Wallace and Tiernan...

 which was developed in the 1960s and marketed mainly in France and some other European countries. It has sedative
Sedative
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 and hypnotic
Hypnotic
Hypnotic drugs are a class of psychoactives whose primary function is to induce sleep and to be used in the treatment of insomnia and in surgical anesthesia...

 properties, and was used for the treatment of insomnia
Insomnia
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See also

  • Methaqualone
    Methaqualone
    Methaqualone is a sedative-hypnotic drug that is similar in effect to barbiturates, a general central nervous system depressant. The sedative-hypnotic activity was first noted by Indian researchers in the 1950s and in 1962 methaqualone itself was patented in the US by Wallace and Tiernan...

  • Methylmethaqualone
    Methylmethaqualone
    Methylmethaqualone is an analogue of methaqualone which has similar sedative and hypnotic properties to its parent compound, and is around the same potency. Methylmethaqualone differs from methaqualone by 4-methylation on the phenyl ring...

  • Mecloqualone
    Mecloqualone
    Mecloqualone is an analogue of methaqualone which was first made in 1960 and marketed mainly in France and some other European countries. It has sedative, hypnotic and anxiolytic properties, and was used for the treatment of insomnia...

  • Mebroqualone
    Mebroqualone
    Mebroqualone is an analogue of mecloqualone which presumably has similar sedative and hypnotic properties to its parent compound. Mebroqualone differs from mecloqualone by having a bromine atom instead of a chlorine on the 3-phenyl ring...

  • Cloroqualone
    Cloroqualone
    Cloroqualone is an analogue of methaqualone developed in the 1980s and marketed mainly in France and some other European countries. It has sedative and antitussive properties, and was sold either alone or in combination with other ingredients as a cough medicine...

  • Diproqualone
    Diproqualone
    Diproqualone is an analogue of methaqualone developed in the 1980s and marketed mainly in France and some other European countries. It has sedative, anxiolytic, antihistamine and analgesic properties, and is used primarily for the treatment of inflammatory pain associated with osteoarthritis and...

  • Afloqualone
    Afloqualone
    Afloqualone is an analogue of methaqualone developed in the 1980s in Japan. It has sedative and muscle relaxant effects, and has had some clinical use, although it causes photosensitization as a side effect which can cause skin problems such as dermatitis.- See also :* Methaqualone* Diproqualone*...

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