Misc How long will Prescription Bottle of Chloral Hydrate Last before it Expires/Degrades?

[Thomas29]

I got A Prescribed Bottle of Chloral Hydrate. I Am planning to use when I finally get off the Methadone completely which will take Years from now. I Am hoping that the Chloral Hydrate Liquid in the Bottle will not degrade noticeably, without any significant degree of loss in potency.


But the real concern And question is will the Chloral Hydrate change into something different Or degrade into A possibly toxic And potentially become dangerous to use which I know some Medications will become dangerous to use if they are extremely old but that is rare to happen with very few substances. I suspect it will not change at all but I thought it would be SAFER to ASK rather than ASSUME if ya feel Me, Eh?

 

[CFC]

The breakdown products would be mostly chloroform and formic acid, but assuming it's kept cool and dark most of those CH syrups should readily keep for a number of years.

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

Chloroform itself is a carcinogen, just fyi.