How do you give chloral hydrate?

Chloral Hydrate Oral Solution should be administered as a single daily dose, 15-30 minutes before bedtime with water or milk. Adults and children 12 years and over: The usual dose is 15-30ml (430-860 mg). Higher doses should not exceed a maximum of 70ml of elixir (2g chloral hydrate) per dose.

How do you dilute chloral hydrate?

Chloral hydrate is a gastric irritant and should be administered with feeds, diluted 1:3 with water. Continued use can lead to feed intolerance in the newborn therefore should be only used for short term sedation.

What is chloral hydrate used for?

Chloral hydrate, a sedative, is used in the short-term treatment of insomnia (to help you fall asleep and stay asleep for a proper rest) and to relieve anxiety and induce sleep before surgery. It is also used after surgery for pain and to treat alcohol withdrawal.

What is chloral hydrate solution?

What is this medicine? CHLORAL HYDRATE (klor al HI drate) is used for the short-term treatment of insomnia. It may also be used to decrease anxiety or make you sleep before a procedure or test and may be used with painkillers to reduce pain and anxiety after surgery.

What effect the drug chloral hydrate have on the body?

At therapeutic doses, chloral hydrate has little effect on respiration and blood pressure; however; a toxic dose produces severe respiratory depression and very low blood pressure. Chronic use is associated with liver damage and a severe withdrawal syndrome.

Can I take chloral hydrate and drink alcohol?

Using chloral hydrate or medicines like it with alcohol may lead to decreased mental and motor function . Symptoms may include excessive sedation, confusion, loss of coordination, and loss of consciousness.These medicines may also make you intolerant to alcohol.

Does chloral hydrate have a distinctive smell?

Chloral hydrate itself doen’t have much of a smell. When I was in medical school (1960s) it was mainly used to help the alcoholics get some sleep because it is not metabolized by the liver but through the lungs. That produced a VERY strong smell in their breaths which everybody called alky-breath!

Can chloral hydrate cause withdrawal symptoms?

Tolerance to Chloral Hydrate may develop and dependence may occur. Withdrawal symptoms, similar to those of barbiturates, can occur if Chloral Hydrate is stopped abruptly. Prolonged administration and abrupt withdrawal of Chloral Hydrate should therefore be avoided to prevent precipitation of withdrawal symptoms.