Recent news on Chloral Hydrate

PART FOUR -- On The Road To Roswell 2007: A Discussion With Donald ...  -  May 22, 2007
American Chronicle,...that places Bobby Kennedy smack in the middle of things the night Marilyn died of a massive lethal injection of pentobarbitol and chloral hydrate.

INSIDE CHEATING WIFE'S GRUESOME 'SUITCASE MURDER'  -  Apr 29, 2007
New York Post,According to testimony at her murder trial - which concluded last week with her conviction - McGuire bought a 2-ounce bottle of chloral hydrate from the

What To Know Before You Take A Sleeping Aid  -  May 7, 2007
KSDK,Finally, Chloral Hydrate is the drug implicated in the death of Anna Nicole Smith. It's an old sleeping pill and sedative and is rarely prescribed.

Suitcase murder conviction  -  Apr 25, 2007
Colorado Daily,Assistant Attorney General Patricia Prezioso told jurors McGuire forged a prescription for a powerful sedative, chloral hydrate, using the name of a patient

THE MCGUIRE CASE — A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS  -  Apr 24, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,April 18, 2004: A user of a computer in the Woodbridge home of William and Melanie McGuire conducts Internet search on topics including chloral hydrate,

'Killer nurse put husband's remains in cases'  -  Apr 18, 2007
ic Wales,The prosecutor told jurors that Melanie McGuire forged a prescription for a powerful sedative – chloral hydrate – using the name of a patient from her

Don't take too many 'scripts' like Anna N.  -  Apr 5, 2007
The News-Press,I was surprised to see chloral hydrate on the list. For a woman on the cutting edge of celebrity society, who was famous for being famous, chloral hydrate

Anna Nicole's One-Stop Doc  -  Apr 4, 2007
E! OnlineAfter witnessing Smith's grief in the days after the death of her 20-year-old son, Daniel, she prescribed the chloral hydrate that would ultimately cause

11 drugs prescribed to Anna Nicole Smith by one doctor  -  Apr 5, 2007
Actress Archives,Chloral hydrate would later be deemed the cause of Anna Nicole Smith's fatal overdose on Feb. 8 in Hollywood, Florida. One of Howard K. Stern's attorneys,

Anna Nicole Smith's doctor in drug probe  -  Apr 6, 2007
The Age,Dr Khristine Eroshevich, who prescribed more than 1800 pills and the powerful sedative chloral hydrate for Smith in the five weeks before she died of a drug

Anna Nicole's doctor faces state investigation  -  Apr 6, 2007
ABS CBN News,Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, who prescribed more than 1800 pills and a bottle of the powerful sedative chloral hydrate for Smith in the five weeks before she

Anna-Nicole Smith doctor under investigation  -  Apr 5, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,Dr Khristine Eroshevich, who prescribed more than 1800 pills and a bottle of the powerful sedative chloral hydrate for Smith in the five weeks before she

Anna Nicole Smith: Board In California Looking For A Crime  -  Apr 9, 2007
Post ChronicleEroshevich allegedly prescribed more than 1800 pills and a bottle of the powerful sedative chloral hydrate for Anna Nicole in the five weeks that preceded

Autopsy Reveals Anna Nicole Smith Died of Accidental Drug Overdose  -  Mar 27, 2007
International News Service,Perper said Smith mixed a lethal combination of anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications, antibiotics, Valium and chloral hydrate, a rarely prescribed

Anna Nicole Smith: California Board Looking for a Crime  -  Apr 8, 2007
National Ledger,Eroshevich reportedly prescribed more than 1800 pills and a bottle of the powerful sedative chloral hydrate for Smith in the five weeks before she died of a

Anna Nicole Smith psychiatrist under investigation  -  Apr 7, 2007
CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador,Eroshevich, who is based in Los Angeles, prescribed more than 1800 pills and a bottle of the sedative chloral hydrate to the ex-Playboy model five weeks

Tale of 2 bartenders delivers a knockout shot to Chicago image  -  Apr 1, 2007
Chicago Daily Herald,Pharmacists know it as chloral hydrate, and it was first used as a sleeping aide in the early 1800s…effectively putting insomniacs in a very deep slumber

Accidental Drug Overdose Killed Anna Nicole Smith  -  Mar 28, 2007
International News Service,Stern lawyer Sanchez said the chloral hydrate was prescribed for Smith by her friend and psychiatrist, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, who also traveled with her

Accidental drug overdose killed Anna Nicole Smith  -  Mar 27, 2007
Tempo,The recommended dose of chloral hydrate is one to two teaspoons before bed. Smith often took two tablespoons, and she sometimes drank directly from the

Accidental Overdose of Drugs Killed Smith  -  Mar 27, 2007
International News Service,The recommended dose of chloral hydrate is one to two teaspoons prior to bed. Smith often took two tablespoons, and she sometimes drank directly from the

Anna Nicole's death caused by at least nine drugs  -  Mar 27, 2007
Coos Bay World,Perper said chloral hydrate and at least eight other prescription drugs which formed a lethal combination along with a case of the flu and a bacterial

Accidental overdose killed Anna Nicole  -  Mar 27, 2007
amNewYork,Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper said Smith died of "combined drug intoxication" with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the major

Anna Nicole drug probe  -  Apr 6, 2007
The Canberra Times,Khristine Eroshevich, who prescribed more than 1800 pills and a bottle of the powerful sedative chloral hydrate for Smith in the five weeks before she died

Did Too Much Caffeine Kill Anna Nicole Smith?  -  Mar 29, 2007
FOX NewsThe result was her accidentally overdosing on chloral hydrate, which she took in liquid form to sleep. In other words: Dealing with severe insomnia,

McGuire murder trial focuses on forged prescription  -  Mar 31, 2007
The News Journal,He said that a prescription for chloral hydrate, written shortly before William T. McGuire disappeared from his Woodbridge town house, was forged in the

D-Day for Dannielynn's Daddy  -  Apr 10, 2007
ABC News...found in Smith's bloodstream were antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, human growth hormones, benzodiazapams and the sleep medication chloral hydrate.

Handwritting expert doesn't link Melanie McGuire to forged ...  -  Mar 30, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,MIDDLESEX COUNTY: A handwriting expert offered nothing today to suggest Melanie McGuire authored a forged prescription for the knockout drug chloral hydrate

Saga of slain man, accused wife began in 1999  -  Apr 15, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,April 18, 2004: A user of a computer in the Woodbridge home of William and Melanie McGuire conducts Internet search on topics including chloral hydrate,

McGuire's murder trial continues today  -  Apr 2, 2007
Newark Star Ledger,Prosecutors argue McGuire used the family computer to research poisons on the Internet before choosing chloral hydrate. Police said they later recovered a

Murder trial witness unsure who wrote Rx  -  Mar 30, 2007
Newark Star Ledger,Prosecutors argue McGuire used the family computer to research poisons on the Internet be fore choosing chloral hydrate. Police said they later recovered a

New Cause of Death For Anna Nicole Smith?  -  Mar 30, 2007
National Ledger,The result was Smith accidentally overdosing on chloral hydrate, which she took in liquid form to sleep. In other words: Dealing with severe insomnia,

Anna Nicole Smith Death Investigation Leads to LA Doctor  -  Apr 7, 2007
National Ledger,A total of nine drugs were discovered in her system, including lethal levels of chloral hydrate. The medical examiner in Florida concluded she died of "a

Police probe into Anna Nicole Smith's death ends as investigators ...  -  Mar 27, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,Broward County Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Perper said the powerful sleeping drug chloral hydrate and at least eight other prescription drugs formed a

Coroner: Anna Nicole Smith Could Have Lived  -  Mar 27, 2007
National Ledger,The AP reported Tuesday that Stern's lawyer said the chloral hydrate was prescribed for Smith by her friend and psychiatrist, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich,

Smith's toxic death revealed, eyes now on Daniel's death  -  Mar 27, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,Perper said chloral hydrate, a sleeping medication, was the drug which "tipped the balance" and most directly led to Smith's demise.

Anna Nicole Smith "I hate for men to want sex all the time"  -  Apr 6, 2007
Bosh,Nine drugs were found in her system, including toxic levels of chloral hydrate. The Broward County Medical Examiner's office on Thursday released a list of

Anna Nicole Smith's doctor under the scanner  -  Apr 6, 2007
Earthtimes.orgThe full list of drugs found in her hotel room, released yesterday by the Broward County Medical Examiner's office, includes chloral hydrate, anti-anxiety

Anna Nicole Smith's drug doctor under investigation  -  Apr 5, 2007
Gay Socialites,Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, who prescribed more than 1800 pills and a bottle of chloral hydrate credited for Anna Nicole Smith's death, might be in some deep

Anna Nicole Doc Under Investigation  -  Apr 5, 2007
Entertainment TonightJOSHUA PERPER -- the medical examiner assigned to Anna's case -- determined a high amount of Chloral Hydrate mixed with other prescription drugs was the

Anna Nicole Smith Cause Of Death Is Average Person's Morning Ritual?  -  Mar 29, 2007
Post ChronicleOnce the late star developed insomnia, she started taking Chloral Hydrate, the fatal ingredient that led to her death. Our friends at TMZ scoop: 'The theory

None Of The 11 Drugs In Anna Nicole Smith's Hotel Were Prescribed ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Entertainmentwise,TMZ.com report that the chloral hydrate that was said to be the major cause of Anna's death (which interestingly enough was prescribed to Stern) was in a

Anna Nicole Smith Death: Hotel Drugs Belonged To Howard K. Stern  -  Apr 2, 2007
Post ChronicleOne of the more interesting centers around the chloral hydrate that was deemed to be the major cause of Anna's death (prescribed to Stern) was in a duffel

Mixing meds may be a prescription for disaster  -  Apr 1, 2007
Ann Arbor News,Apparently, chloral hydrate was added to her regimen recently to treat her insomnia. Unfortunately, the combination of those other drugs with chloral

Accidental drug overdose killed Anna Nicole Smith; model took at ...  -  26 Mar 2007
North County Times,..."If she would have gone to the hospital she wouldn't have died because she wouldn't have had the opportunity to take the excessive amount of chloral hydrate

News Digest  -  26 Mar 2007
Ontario Argus Observer,Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper said Smith died of ‘‘combined drug intoxication’’ with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the major

Who Gave Anna Fatal Dose?  -  26 Mar 2007
TMZ.com,In all, she was taking nine drugs, including valium, ativan, antihistimine and chloral hydrate. She was also taking muscle relaxers.

FROM THE NEWS DESK: Disecting The Coroner's Inquest  -  26 Mar 2007
Access HollywoodCAUSE OF DEATH: She died from Acute Combined Drug Intoxication, with Chloral Hydrate the drug which might have led to her death by its presence,

Michael Mayo  -  26 Mar 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com,...including methadone, Valium, Clonopin, Ativan and chloral hydrate, a sleeping medicine that played a role in the suicide of her idol, Marilyn Monroe.

La Dolce Musto  -  26 Mar 2007
Village Voice,First of all, did you know that chloral hydrate, which was found in her blood, used to be mixed with alcohol to create the knockout cocktail called a Mickey

Could Anna Nicole Smith's Death Have Been Prevented?  -  26 Mar 2007
WTOC,But Smith was also taking valium, methadone, longevity medications, a growth hormone, plus chloral hydrate, a rarely prescribed sleeping medication.

Anna Nicole Smith’s Autopsy Game  -  26 Mar 2007
Anorak.co.uk (satire),A total of nine prescription drugs were found in the deceased’s system, featuring such notables as chloral hydrate, Valium, Klonopin and Ativan.

Who Gave Anna Fatal Dose?  -  26 Mar 2007
TMZ.com,In all, she was taking nine drugs, including valium, ativan, antihistimine and chloral hydrate. She was also taking muscle relaxers.

Anna Nicole’s Cause of Death: “Ingestion of Chloral Hydrateâ€?  -  Mar 23, 2007
Hollywood.comSometime overnight on February 7, Anna ingested the sleeping medication chloral hydrate. The drug is extremely potent. The dose was too much — and in fact

Press Release Parade: AMI Demonstrates Why Running 2 Tabloids Is ...  -  Mar 23, 2007
Jossip,Sometime overnight on February 7th, Anna ingested a toxic level of the highly potent sleeping medication chloral hydrate. Star and the National Enquirer

A leak in Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy reports?  -  Mar 23, 2007
Gay Socialites,Chloral hydrate can cause depression of respiration, especially in a person who is already sick because of an infection and dehydration and it can cause

Anna Nicole died from overdose, tabloids say  -  Mar 23, 2007
Contra Costa Times,But she refused to go to a hospital and continued taking chloral hydrate, the reports said. According to the tabloids, which quoted anonymous sources inside

FROM THE NEWS DESK: Anna's Autopsy & Mel's Outburst  -  Mar 23, 2007
Access HollywoodShe has said, in interviews, that she prescribed those drugs, plus the sedative Chloral Hydrate to Anna Nicole. The Enquirer claims Anna had a fatal level

Diagnosis: Sedative Overdose  -  Mar 23, 2007
Associated Content,They claim that Smith died from an overdose of the sedative chloral hydrate. Anna Nicole Smith did not, according to the reports, have methadone or any

Why Anna Nicole Smith died  -  Mar 23, 2007
Canada.com,A report by both Star and National Enquirer claims Smith died with a toxic level of chloral hydrate – a sleep medication – in her system.

Shocking New Claims: Anna Nicole Died Of Sleeping Medicaiton OD  -  Mar 23, 2007
Access HollywoodSister publications Star Magazine and the National Enquirer claimed Smith died from an overdose of sedative chloral hydrate.

What Killed Anna Nicole Smith?  -  Mar 23, 2007
National Ledger,...the scheduled press conference with a joint report claiming Smith died from a "toxic level" of chloral hydrate, a prescription sleep-aid medication, E!

Computer yields Internet search about murder  -  Mar 20, 2007
Edison Sentinel,The state alleges that two days later, McGuire forged a prescription of chloral hydrate to someone else's name at a Walgreens on New Durham Road in Edison.

Anna Nicole reportedly OD’d on sedative  -  Mar 23, 2007
MSNBCStar Magazine and the National Enquirer claimed Smith died from an overdose of the sedative chloral hydrate. Smith did not, the magazines reported,

McGUIRE'S EX-LOVER TESTIFIES  -  Mar 22, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,During direct examination, Miller described a prescription written to a patient for chloral hydrate that bore his forged signature on a fertility-clinic

Celebrity Gossip: snippets  -  Mar 23, 2007
Fametastic,The National Enquirer and Star magazines in the US have both already reporting that Anna Nicole took a strong sleep-inducer, chloral hydrate, and never woke

Prosecutors: McGuire drugged, then killed and dismembered husband  -  Mar 14, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,MIDDLESEX COUNTY: Prosecutors allege that Melanie McGuire drugged her husband before killing and dismembering him, using the knock-out drug, chloral hydrate

NJ murder trial traces the trail on computers  -  Mar 14, 2007
The News Journal,The state also alleges on the day of the murder she purchased chloral hydrate, a powerful sedative known as the "date rape" drug, using the name of a

Former boss praises Melanie McGuire as a "great nurse"  -  Mar 20, 2007
Asbury Park Press,The first, gone over in previous testimony, was a prescription for chloral hydrate, a vial of which was found in William McGuire's car following his murder.

Tape: Melanie McGuire calmly reported abuse  -  Mar 15, 2007
The News Journal,By the time investigators told Dr. George Jackson, the chief toxicologist for New Jersey, to check specifically for chloral hydrate, the blood and urine

Computer crime expert testifies at McGuire trial  -  Mar 13, 2007
Newark Star Ledger,Jennifer Seymour also testified she uncovered additional topics such as ''chloral hydrate,'' a powerful sedative, and said someone searched ''Walgreens,'' a

On nurse's computer, an Internet how-to for murder  -  Mar 14, 2007
CourtTV,Prosecutors allege McGuire used a sedative, chloral hydrate, to disable her husband of five yeas and then shot him three or four times before dismembering

A search for 'instant poisons'  -  Mar 13, 2007
Newark Star Ledger,And another prosecution witness, Virginia toxicologist David Barron told the jury William McGuire's remains were never tested for chloral hydrate.

Partner: He had no affair  -  Mar 13, 2007
Asbury Park Press,Also Monday, a pharmacist testified to filling a prescription for chloral hydrate, the knock-out drug found in the dead man's car.

McGuire defense cites husband's 'other side'  -  Mar 13, 2007
The News Journal,Later in the day, a pharmacist testified to filling a prescription for chloral hydrate, the knock-out drug found in the dead man's car.

| Home News Tribune Online  -  Mar 13, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,Monday a pharmacist at the Walgreen's in Edison testified that she filled a prescription for chloral hydrate, a power sedative.

Witness in McGuire case says Rx for sedative in her name was false  -  Mar 13, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,Monday a pharmacist at the Walgreens in Edison testified that she filled a prescription for chloral hydrate, a powerful sedative.

Forensic expert offers no proof murder victim was drugged  -  Mar 13, 2007
Newark Star Ledger,But more importantly, Dr. David Barron, a Virginia toxicologist, said he did not examine the remains of William McGuire for traces of chloral hydrate,

'The Sopranos' Returns With Arresting Developments  -  Mar 21, 2007
FOX NewsChloral hydrate, for example, is used by veterinarians to calm their patients. One description says: "An overdose is marked by confusion, convulsions,

Judge says jury can see video in McGuire case  -  Feb 1, 2007
Brick Township Bulletin,In the second indictment, authorities allege that McGuire conducted several Internet searches for the sedative chloral hydrate, which is used in the

Secrets of Nijinsky  -  Feb 23, 2007
The New York Review of BooksOstwald points out that Dr. Frenkel was giving Nijinsky a sedative, chloral hydrate, that causes attention to wander, and that Frenkel subjected Nijinsky to

Judge to hear motions in Melanie McGuire case  -  Jan 3, 2007
Brick Township Bulletin,Authorities allege that McGuire conducted several Internet searches for the sedative chloral hydrate, which is used in the short-term treatment of insomnia

Are Drugs Not Approved By The FDA Safe?  -  Dec 26, 2006
WCCO,Oxycodone hydrochloride, Phenobarbital and chloral hydrate are popular medications prescribed by doctors and doled out by pharmacists.

Rev King: A fatal crash from the pulpit  -  Jan 12, 2007
Vanguard,...to have committed suicide by drinking a grape drink laced with cyanide and a number of sedatives, including liquid Valium, Penegram and chloral hydrate.

FDA To Crack Down On Unapproved Prescription Drugs  -  Dec 26, 2006
CBS 42,Phenobarbital, chloral hydrate, popular medications prescribed by doctors and doled out by pharmacists. But, one thing they're not is FDA approved.

Prescription Drugs Sold Without FDA Approval  -  Dec 20, 2006
CBS2 Chicago,But many drugs, such as oxycodone hydrochloride, Phenobarbital and chloral hydrate, are not. They are marketed along with approved drugs and even have

Are Drugs Not Approved By The FDA Safe?  -  26 Dec 2006
WCCO,Oxycodone hydrochloride, Phenobarbital and chloral hydrate are popular medications prescribed by doctors and doled out by pharmacists.

FDA To Crack Down On Unapproved Prescription Drugs  -  26 Dec 2006
CBS 42,Phenobarbital, chloral hydrate, popular medications prescribed by doctors and doled out by pharmacists. But, one thing they're not is FDA approved.

Poison: A Dark History  -  Dec 1, 2006
Medgadget.com,Finn would slip an extra something-something in the drinks - some say it was chloral hydrate, others say it was (ouch) horse laxative - that left patrons in

Unapproved Drugs  -  Dec 11, 2006
WTMJ-TV,Chloral hydrate. They're popular medications prescribed by doctors and doled out by pharmacists. But they're not FDA-approved, says Deborah Autor with the

Prescription Drugs Sold Without FDA Approval  -  Dec 20, 2006
CBS2 Chicago,But many drugs, such as oxycodone hydrochloride, Phenobarbital and chloral hydrate, are not. They are marketed along with approved drugs and even have

Some Prescription Drugs Not Approved by FDA  -  Dec 14, 2006
10TV,Oxycodone, hydrochloride, Phenobarbital and chloral hydrate are all popularly prescribed medications, but none of them is FDA approved.

Mistake threatened baby  -  Dec 10, 2006
Manawatu Standard,Her discharge notes record the error with her weight and acknowledge that led to her being given an "increased dose" of the sedative chloral hydrate.

Sedative Hypnotics  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)These agents were perceived to have an acceptable risk profile and were perceived to be superior to available agents (chloral hydrate and flurazepam) with

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