Product name:

Zopiclone

CAS number:

43200-80-2

Synonyms:

27267-RP; Zopiclonum

Country

Effective Date

Description of action taken
Grounds for decision

Mauritius

May 2000

The Ministry of Health and Quality of Life has rescheduled the antipsychotic agent zopiclone into Schedule III of the consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act 2000 following observations of irrational use and emerging abuse. (Reference: Letter to WHO from the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, Port Louis, Mauritius, 27 December 2000.)