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UK Government Drug safety update for Chloral Hydrate (6 October 2021)

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UK Government Drug safety update for Chloral Hydrate (6 October 2021) was created by ICNA

www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/chloral-hy...aediatric-indication

The paediatric indication for chloral hydrate (for children aged 2 years and older) and cloral (previously chloral) betaine (children aged 12 years and older) has been restricted to short-term treatment (maximum 2 weeks) of severe insomnia only when the child or adolescent has a suspected or definite neurodevelopmental disorder and when the insomnia is interfering with normal daily life. Chloral hydrate and cloral betaine should only be used when other therapies (behavioural and pharmacological) have failed.
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