Zopiclone/Summary

Main article: Zopiclone

Psychoactive class: Depressant, Hallucinogens

Chemical class: Cyclopyrrolone

Oral

• Thresh				Common				Heavy
  2	-	3.5	-	5	-	7.5	-	15	mg
  		Light				Strong

• • Total: 3.5 - 9 hours
  • Onset: 10 - 30 minutes
  • Peak: 3 - 4 hours

Harm potential

• • Extremely physically and psychologically addictive
  • Low toxicity, potentially lethal when mixed with depressants like benzodiazepines, alcohol or opioids

Tolerance

• • Full tolerance is reached within a couple of weeks of daily use
  • Returns to baseline after 7 - 14 days
  • Cross-tolerance with all benzodiazepines

Physical effects

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

Visual effects

• • Drifting
  • Time distortion
  • Tracers
• • Visual acuity suppression
• • External hallucination
  • Shadow people

Cognitive effects

• • Compulsive redosing
  • Time distortion
• • Increased music appreciation
• • Anxiety suppression
  • Disinhibition
  • Emotion suppression
  • Thought deceleration

Auditory effects

• • Auditory hallucination

See also

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