Methaqualone/Summary

Main article: Methaqualone

Psychoactive class: Depressant

Chemical class: Quinazolinone

Oral

• Thresh				Common				Heavy
  75	-	150	-	300	-	500	-	600	mg
  		Light				Strong

• • Total: 5 - 8 hours
  • Peak: 2 - 4 hours
  • Offset: 2 - 4 hours
  • Afterglow: 6 - 8 hours

Smoked

• Thresh				Common				Heavy
  50	-	50	-	100	-	200	-	300	mg
  		Light				Strong

• • Total: 1 - 2 hours

Harm potential

• • Extremely addictive
  • Doses of over 300mg can be dangerous for first time users, safe at appropriate dosages

Tolerance

• • Full tolerance is reached within a couple of days of repeated administration
  • Decreases to half after 3 - 7 days
  • Returns to baseline after 1 - 2 weeks
  • Cross-tolerance with all gabaergic depressants

Physical effects

• • Respiratory depression
  • Sedation
• • Constipation
  • Dizziness
  • Respiratory depression

Visual effects

• • Visual acuity suppression
• • Visual disconnection
• • Internal hallucination

Cognitive effects

• • Autonomous voice communication
  • Cognitive euphoria
  • Compulsive redosing
• • Increased libido
  • Increased music appreciation
• • Anxiety suppression
  • Disinhibition
  • Thought deceleration

See also

• Responsible use
• Summary index
• Subjective effect index
• Psychoactive substance index