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Alan, Thanks for the public service announcement on harmful drugs. I have my own personal horror story on that subject. Two years ago I went to the hospital for surgery on my elbow, which I had broken badly in one of my Parkinsonians free-falls. I was taking Eldepryl at the time, and advised my surgeon that I was not to be given demerol or any of its derivatives. Neither he nor the anesthesiologist would believe me! They said they'd operated on other Parkinson's patients and never had a problem. I pointed out that the problem was specifically with Eldepryl, which the other patients might not have been taking. I finally called my neurologist and asked him to inform them that I was right, but they finally backed off. So it's not enough to inform them - we have to convince them! I shudder to think what could have happened had I not been well informed on the subject. We really have to look out for ourselves (and each other ) because it seems as though no one else is.