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In 1978, the rights to manufacture Quaalude were sold to Lemmon Company. Rorer chairman at the time, John Eckman, lamented that their Quaalude sales only accounted for 2% of their revenues but 98% of their headaches.
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This measure however proved ineffective in the long run. It was an effort to restrict the drug’s availability. A Schedule II substance has a medical application and can still be prescribed by doctors but is acknowledged to be highly addictive. In 1973, Quaalude was reclassified from its original Schedule V controlled substance to a Schedule II.
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They also mistakenly believed that Quaaludes enhanced sexual performance and desire. It was wildly popular among students struggling with the stresses of college/university life. It became a major part of the “love, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll scene” of the 1960's and 1970's. In the years that followed, illegal manufacture and the misuse and abuse of legally-prescribed Quaaludes rose, resulting in a very bad reputation for the drug. In the same way that their Maalox provides immediate relief for an upset stomach, this new product was marketed as a prescription only sleeping pill to provide relief from sleepless nights it provides a “quiet interlude” hence Quaalude. When coining a name for their new “feel better” drug, the company decided to carry-over the “AA” of their best-known product Maalox. Rorer was also the manufacturer of the popular antacid Maalox, which was named for its ingredients MAgnesium and ALuminum Hydr OXide. began manufacturing methaqualone under the brand name Quaalude, a Schedule V drug. In the United States, also in 1965, William H. There was also a methaqualone/antihistamine combo Mandrax which was sold by Roussel Laboratories (part of Sanofi-Aventis today). It was sold under the brand names Malsedin, Malsed and Renoval. It became very popular in Britain by 1965 and was the most widely prescribed sedative. Quaaludes Historyįirst synthesized in 1951 by Syed Hussain Zaheer and Indra Kishore Kacker in India, methaqualone was meant to be an anti-malarial drug. This drug has “contraband” status and whatever quantities exist in the U.S would most likely have come from abroad. In fact, over the last few years, DEA special agent Eduardo Chavez said there have been sporadic seizures of Quaaludes in the U.S. It's not so hard to imagine how some of them can end up in the United States. It may be difficult to obtain methaqualone (Quaaludes) in the United States but according to reports, it is still the most widely abused drug in South Africa. It was also used as a sedative and muscle relaxant. Recreational use at dance clubs eventually spread because of its much sought after hypnotic and euphoric effects as well as its touted ability to get rid of a person’s sexual inhibitions. Methaqualone use peaked in the 1970's when it was a widely-prescribed treatment for insomnia. They were also fairly inexpensive during the time they were legal in the United States. They come in tablet or capsule form and they are totally tasteless and odorless. Methaqualone is a sedative-hypnotic drug whose effects are similar to those caused by barbiturates.