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It is anazing the things that can happen through ignorance.. And now , in retrospect, I shudder. About 10 years ago, I was taking lsdepryl and my then neurologist thought that an mao inibitor - I forget which - might improve things even more. She gave me a list of things not to eat.At the same time, my child was put on a diet to help prevent migraines. Bu the way, I was also taking prozac.... Well, one day, out of sheer bad habit, as I was clearing the dishes after lunch, I noticed my child hadn't finished his cheese - the sort that was allowed on his diet. Momentarily confusing the two diets, I automatically helped myself to this really small piece of cheese- about the size of a thuinbnail. A couple of hours later I was in agony - I have never experienced pain in my head to equal that pain, and I had my 6 year old son call 911. I thought I was having a stroke or something - and I completely forgot about the cheese. In the ambulance, I remembered .... and so when I got to the hospital, and saw the emergency room doctor (they swung me right in without going through triage) - he decided that it was not an emergency after all, that the cheese plus MAO inhibitor was to blame - and all I needed was a pain killer -- DEMEROL!!!!!! With that combination, I have no idea why I am alive today. If I believed in Him, I would say the Lord had his reasons - Maybe He is trying to tell me something. Or maybe its all part of that great big joke we call life? Hilary BLue ------------------------------------------------------------------- MRS BEV K STEWARD wrote: > > Will and fellow PWP, > > Demerol (meperidine) is very dangerous in combination with an MAO > inhibitor like Eldeprel. The Eldeprel should be discontinued at > least two weeks before taking any demerol, which is a pain reliever > used as such and also in many anesthetics used in surgery. > > Bev