<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> At 10:58 PM on 3/12/97 Tim wrote: >On the bright (?) side, if you need an emergency operation you are going to >be nil by mouth anyway. And if you are unconcious it is unlikely that they will >try to put any food or drink down your throat because of the risk of choking. >I'm not a doctor, but I would have thought that injected drugs wouldn't need >any sort of starch carrier and so should be safe. As far as I know there ARE injected drugs that contain gluten. And my very good friend was given an IV for a regular intervenous feeding and it contained gluten! I'm sure there is more information of this - I just wanted to mention that this can happen if you are being "fed" while unconcious (not via your throat). And most medical people that I have come in contact with are unaware of any of this. Kathy