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Bruce Anderson wrote: > > might be a good time to point out to the newbies that common emergency room > painkiller that can kill US - only I forgot its name, so would someone > please point it out to me too please! It's DEMEROL (meperidine), a very widely used sedative/analgesic, and any other opiods of that type, if the patient has been on any MAO inhibitor such as selegiline (Eldepryl). Eldepryl may also have very severe interaction with any tricyclic antidepressant, e.g., Parnate, or any selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, e.g., Prozac. If you have been taking Eldepryl before any procedure involving sedation and/or anesthesia, for example colonoscopy, be absolutely sure that the attending physicians and nurses know and understand that. Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013