Chloral hydrate
Psychoactive Drug
Judge orders Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend, two doctors to stand trial...that at various times included Valium, methadone, Xanax, the anti-seizure medication Topamax, the muscle relaxant Soma, the sedative chloral hydrate and Dilaudid, a painkiller nicknamed "hospital heroin." Bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt... In this article: Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, Opiate, Sedative, Defendant, and Methadone |
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People | October 23, 2009
Pharmacist Says He Refused to Fill Anna Nicole Prescription
...a two-year investigation into Smith's death, which an autopsy revealed was caused by an acute combination of toxic drugs, especially chloral hydrate, Benadryl, clonazepam, diazepam and lorazepam. Earlier this week, another psychiatrist...
In this article: Anna Nicole Smith, Sedative, Suicide, Benadryl, Clonazepam, Lorazepam, and Dalmane
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New Kerala | October 21, 2009
PHARMACIST 'WARNED SMITH'S DOCTOR ABOUT MEDICATION'
...in a California hotel room in February 2007, with an autopsy ruling her death was caused by an accidental overdose of sleeping remedy chloral hydrate, as well as various other prescription medications. The late star's longtime companion...
In this article: Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, Depressant, Los Angeles, and California
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USATODAY.com | October 20, 2009
Pharmacist: I warned about giving drug to Anna Nicole Smith
...the death of her son in 2006. "I said, 'Unless you want your picture on the cover of the National Enquirer, I wouldn't give her (chloral hydrate) because it's a powerful respiratory depressant,"' pharmacist Steve Mazlin said he told...
In this article: Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, Valium, and All rights reserved
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Stupid Celebrities Gossip | October 17, 2009
Anna Nicole Smith's Disturbing Last Days
Maurice Brighthaupt, Smith's security guard, told how he would watch Anna Nicole Smith drink from a baby bottle containing the sedative chloral hydrate. This is one medication the coroner said caused her fatal overdose. "I saw her use a...
In this article: Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, Diazepam, Defendant, and Benadryl
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INSIDE STORY: Anna Nicole's Last Days Slurping from a Baby Bottle
...with a bang. Maurice Brighthaupt, Smith's security guard, described watching Smith slurp from a baby bottle of the powerful sedative chloral hydrate - cited by a coroner as a primary cause of Smith's fatal overdose - as if it were a Pepsi.
In this article: Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, Florida, Defendant, Opiate, and Valium
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Baltimore Sun | October 15, 2009
Smith Bodyguard saw injections, faces cross-examination
...Florida. He also said he saw Eroshevich, a psychiatrist, inject Smith with medication once and deliver a bottle of the sleep syrup chloral hydrate to Smith in the Bahamas after the death of her son, Daniel, who also died of a drug overdose.
In this article: Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, Cross-examination, and Defendant
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L.A. Times - National News | October 15, 2009
Anna Nicole Smith relied on rare sleep aid, former bodyguard says
...sedative after her son's death. Anna Nicole Smith's former bodyguard says the model began drinking a powerful liquid sedative -- chloral hydrate -- straight from the medicine bottle in the months after her son's death. (Manuel Balce...
In this article: Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, Sedative, Defendant, and Valium
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L.A. Times - L.A. Now | October 14, 2009
Bodyguard testifies Anna-Nicole Smith's drug use increased after son's death
...death, eventually drinking the powerful liquid sedative straight from the medicine bottle, her former bodyguard testified today. The drug, chloral hydrate, was cited as the primary cause of Smith's fatal overdose the following year and her...
In this article: Anna-Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, Defendant, Valium, and Sedative
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 13, 2009
Anna Nicole Smith's former boyfriend accused of conspiring to illegally provide her with controlled substances
...by Eroshevich, Santiago said. Smith's autopsy concluded she died of "acute combined drug intoxication" and the drugs involved were chloral hydrate combined with Benadryl, clonazepam, diazepam and lorazepam. Stern's attorney, Steve Sadow,...
In this article: Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, Clonazepam, Narcotic, and Diazepam
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Chloral hydrate is a sedative and hypnotic drug as well as a chemical reagent and precursor. The name chloral hydrate indicates that it is formed from chloral (trichloroacetaldehyde) by the addition of one molecule of water. Its chemical formula is C2H3Cl3O2.
It was discovered through the chlorination of ethanol in 1832 by Justus von Liebig in Gießen. Its sedative properties were first published in 1869 and subsequently, because of its easy synthesis, its use was widespread.
It was widely abused and misprescribed in the late 19th century. Chloral hydrate is soluble in both water and alcohol, readily forming concentrated solutions. A solution of chloral hydrate in alcohol called "knockout drops" was used to prepare a Mickey Finn. More reputable uses of chloral hydrate include its use as a clearing agent of chitin (and fibers) and as a key ingredient of Hoyer's mounting medium, which is used for slide-mounted observation of organisms under the microscope.
It is, together with chloroform, a minor side-product of the chlorination of water, if organic residues are present in the water, concentrations rarely exceeding 5 micrograms per litre (µg/l).
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