Posted by Lawrence s. on May 20, 2001, at 8:50:44
In reply to Re: MAOIs and Sugery » Lawrence s., posted by Elizabeth on May 17, 2001, at 13:53:28
> > Hi Lisa. I went into surgery while on Nardil. You have to watch the doctors and nurses because one nurse tried to give me a med. that was very bad to mix w/ maoi's and I actually had to argue with her saying that "I'm on an maoi, and that might kill me."
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> That's often a problem in dealing with non-psychiatric medical professionals: they consider MAOIs obscure and hardly know anything about them. This has resulted in fatal mistakes before. (The best known such case involved a young woman named Libby Zion who was given Demerol while on (I think) Nardil. Her death resulted in massive reforms of the work schedules of medical students and residents, since it was believed to be due in part to her being treated by a sleep-deprived resident.)
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> Do you happen to remember what drug they wanted to give you?
> Sorry, but I can't remember.
> It was pretty big of the doctor to admit he was wrong and apologise. Doctors generally *hate* being corrected, even if it's a life-or-death matter!
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> -elizabeth
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