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chloral hydrate

noun

  1. a colourless crystalline soluble solid produced by the reaction of chloral with water and used as a sedative and hypnotic; 2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-ethanediol. Formula: CCl 3 CH(OH) 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In one email to an online pharmacy, Raymond wrote, “Hello, do you have chloral hydrate for insomnia?”

A bottle of chloral hydrate and bromides was nearby.

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A toxicology report revealed that Smith had ingested chloral hydrate, a sedative and hypnotic pharmaceutical drug, along with several prescription drugs, including Clonazepam, Lorazepam, Oxazepam and Valium.

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But prosecutors had additional evidence: Investigators had found traces of the heart medication digoxin in the body of one alleged victim and an overdose of the sedative chloral hydrate in another.

Upon entering the hospital, Antrim’s life was circumscribed by encounters with therapists and a regime of heavy medications — “Trazodone, Ativan, Seroquel, nortriptyline, and chloral hydrate.”

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