" To all - please fill me in on the significance of chloral hydrate -"
Chloral Hydrate used to be prescribed for insomnia, but, it has fallen out of favor because of it's potent side effects and it is very toxic when abused.
It's primarily used today by anesthesiologists for pre op induction.
Most MDs prescribe Ambien class sleep aids today.
It's not commonly used today , which is the first red flag and I'm sure that the psychiatrist would be happy to explain her rationale for prescribing Chloral Hydrate and Dilaudid and Morphine and Methadone to a depressed, alcohol abusing ,suicidal woman.
Conspiracy theorists might wonder if she wanted ANS to OD.
Giving Chloral Hydrate just by itself, to someone like ANS would be like giving her a loaded gun.
Combining it with the Morphine, Methadone,Dilaudid and the rest of the drug cornucopia is absolutely criminal.
BTW- Chloral Hydrate was made famous when it was used by criminals of old in knock out drops and Mickey Finns to render people unconscious so they could be robbed, etc.
It's chemically related to the date rape drug,Rohyphnol or Roofies.
"Today depressants such as chloral hydrate are packaged with labels warning against the danger of mixing these kinds of sedatives with alcohol or other depressants. We now know that a mixture of morphine and alcohol, for example, is likely to bring about an episode of psychosis in the user, and morphine mixed with valium is such a deadly combination that it is sometimes used to euthanize critically ill patients."