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METHAQUALONE: EFFICACY AS A HYPNOTIC AND SIDE EFFECTS
Author(s) -
Kessell A.,
Marriott P. F.,
Graves G. D.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87692.x
Subject(s) - methaqualone , medicine , constipation , population , anesthesia , psychiatry , environmental health
Both methaqualone and methaqualone‐diphen‐hydramlne combination were found to produce a number of side effects: epistaxis, menstrual disturbance, tongue changes, dryness of the mouth, depersonalization, constipation and cracking at the angles of the mouth. No related biochemical abnormality was detected. Of a selected population, 12·1% had an epistaxis and 8·1% a menstrual disturbance, and of those aged under 30 years, one in four had an epistaxis.