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QuaaludeAka: Methaqualone
- See Also
- Street Names
- Ludes
- Soaps
- Quacks
- Class
- Synthetic Sedative-Hypnotic
- Pharmacokinetics
- Methaqualone (0.15 - 3g): 6-8 hour duration
- Toxicity
- Seizures
- Addiction with severe withdrawal syndromes
Methaqualone (C0025627) | |
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| Definition (MSH) | A quinazoline derivative with hypnotic and sedative properties. It has been withdrawn from the market in many countries because of problems with abuse. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p604) |
| Definition (NCI) | A sedative, hypnotic agent that was used for insomnia, but was taken off of the market, in the U.S., in 1983 due to its high risk of abuse.(NCI) |
| Concepts | Organic Chemical (T109) , Pharmacologic Substance (T121) |
| MSH | D008702 |
| English | MAOA, Methaqualone, Metolquizolone, MTQ, Ortonal |
| Spanish | metacualona |
| Parent Concepts | Quinazolines (C0034407), Quinazolinones (C1720912), Hypnotics and Sedatives (C0020592), Sedatives (C0036557) |
| Sources | AOD, LCH, LNC, MSH, MTH, NCI, RXNORM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
Quaalude (C0702212) | |
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| Concepts | Organic Chemical (T109) , Pharmacologic Substance (T121) |
| MSH | D008702 |
| English | Quaalude |
| Sources | AOD, MSH, NCI Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
