Margie Thanks for the insight. It sounds like valium should do the trick for MRIs also. Brian On Thu, 10 Jul 1997 16:01:07 -0400 Dick Swindler <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Brian, Phil, et al - > >I've never had an MRI, and don't even know if I'm claustrophobic, but >I can >vouch for the use of Valium for other things. I had it during a root >canal, >and found I would have perfectly amenable to having root canals in >*all* my >teeth at once. As someone said, "you just don't care." It also >worked great >for a sigmoidoscopy - which I will spare you a description of. All I >can say >is, the nurse was as grateful as I was that I had the valium, since >she was >the one who otherwise would have had to chase me naked down the hall! > >Best of luck. Margie > >[log in to unmask] >