Mecloqualone 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 first made in 1960 and marketed mainly in France and some other European countries. It has sedative

Sedative

A sedative or tranquilizer is a substance that induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement....

, 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...

 and anxiolytic

Anxiolytic

An anxiolytic is a drug used for the treatment of anxiety, and its related psychological and physical symptoms...

 properties, and was used for the treatment of insomnia

Insomnia

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. 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.

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...
  
  
• 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*...
  
  
• Etaqualone
  Etaqualone
  Etaqualone is an analogue of methaqualone which was developed in the 1960s and marketed mainly in France and some other European countries...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...