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Re: Marti Eierman's post about drugs/computers: We have just had an example of the need for such a program...on Peter's first night home after surgery. In hospital he was given Percocet for pain, several doses, and i gave him 2 more at home, before discovering that this med, also called Roxicet, is actually a combination of OXYCODONE and Acetaminophe. I had carefully shown lists of "no-no" drugs from this list to surgeon and anesthesiologist well ahead of time, including a warning based on someone's experience that dopamine antagonists such as Fentenyl,Meperidine(Demerol) and OXYCODONE should be avoided. Soon after he got home, Peter was very unsteady--worse than I've ever seen him, but it wasn't till 4:OO A.M., after almost no sleep, I discovered in the pharmacist's printout thename Oxycodone, as the actual bottle of *generic* Percocet was labeled "Roxicet". I'm so upset because we tried so hard to avoid something like this! Of course, I gave him a 25/100 Sinemet booster, and later his first dose of SCR 50/200. I can't wait to yell at someone about this! I suppose that doctors who dispense so many drugs have a hard time with this , and a computer program would be a real assist. But friends, please be aware that there may be*3 layers of nomen- clature for one drug* and you have to check them ALL to be sure what you're getting ! Fortunately , I think/hope the only bad effect will be a temporary dopamine deficiency--it could have been worse. Camilla Flintermann,CG for Peter,76/6+