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Chloral hydrate [Mass] of Dose
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LP16316-9 Chloral hydrate
Chloral hydrate, also known as trichloroacetaldehyde monohydrate, 2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-ethanediol, and under the tradenames Aquachloral, Novo-Chlorhydrate, Somnos, Noctec, and Somnote, is a sedative and hypnotic drug as well as a chemical reagent and precursor. Its chemical formula is C 2 H Cl 3 O .H 2 O. It is used for the short-term treatment of insomnia and as a sedative before minor medical or dental treatment. It has been largely displaced by the development of benzodiazepines. It was also formerly used as in veterinary medicine as a general anesthetic. Today, it is commonly used as an ingredient in the veterinary anesthetic Equithesin. In therapeutic doses for insomnia it is effective within sixty minutes, it is rapidly metabolized into trichloroethanol and trichloroacetic acid. Higher doses can depress respiration and blood pressure.
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Chloral hydrate (Wikipedia)
LP16316-9 Chloral hydrate
A hypnotic and sedative used in the treatment of insomnia. The safety margin is too narrow for chloral hydrate to be used as a general anesthetic in humans, but it is commonly used for that purpose in animal experiments. It is no longer considered useful as an anti-anxiety medication.
Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
LOINC Names Get Info
- Fully-Specified Name
- Chloral hydrate:
Mass: Pt: Dose: Qn: - Long Common Name
- Chloral hydrate [Mass] of Dose
- Short Name
- Chloral Hydrate Dose
- Display Name
- Chloral hydrate (Dose) [Mass]
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Chloral hydrate dose
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Basic Attributes
- Class
- DRUGDOSE
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 1.0
- Last Updated
- Version 2.69 (MIN)
- Order vs. Observation
- Observation
Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| cs-CZ | Czech (Czechia) | Chloralhydrát: |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Ένυδρη χλωράλη: Synonyms: DRUGDOSE Mass Pt Qn Δόση Ένυδρη χλωράλη |
| es-AR | Spanish (Argentina) | hidrato de cloral: |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Hidrato de cloral: Synonyms: Cuantitativo |
| es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Hidrato de cloral: |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Kloorhüdraat: Synonyms: Annus Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Hydrate de chloral: |
| fr-FR | French (France) | Hydrate de chloral: |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Hydrate de chloral: |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Cloralio idrato: Synonyms: Dosaggio farmacologico (per la trasmissione di dos Punto nel tempo (episodio) |
| ko-KR | Korean (Korea, Republic Of) | 클로랄 수화물: |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | chloraalhydraat: |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Wodzian chloralu: |
| pt-BR | Portuguese (Brazil) | Hidrato de cloral: Synonyms: Trichloroethanol; |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Хлорал гидрат: Synonyms: Количественный Точка во времени; |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Kloral hidrat: |
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 水合氯醛: Synonyms: CCl3CH(OH)2; |
Example Units
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| mg | Example UCUM Units |
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