FIORICET Reviews (ACETAMINOPHEN; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE)Average Rating: 4.0 (65 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FIORICET with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FIORICET | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Tension Headaches | Little "drunk" sensation. | It does the work. Is the best out there to control headaches, I use it for moderate morning headaches and really works. | M | 34 | 1 years 1X day | 3/2/2012 | 5 | severe migraines | no negative side effect. only 'side effects' would be anything you'd expect with this medication anyways, such as feeling a big groggy or euphoric at times. one time I took 2 fioricet (4 hours apart) and was more groggy than I wanted to be, but it got rid of the migraine, so I really can't complain | works fast with any migraine. even after having the migraine for half a day, a fioricet will still help alot. Heard how addictive it can be, so I only use it for a bad migraine. have only taken 4 pills in the past month. it's inexpensive as well. | M | 31 | 1 months | 5/25/2007 | 5 | Migraine | None | This is a blessing since I can not afford Maxalt, which works well for me. This gives me a 90% chance of stopping the migraine in its early stages before it starts up. Being that its been around for awhile, the generic version = affordable migraine treatment. I'm so glad my doctor found this for me. Its so worth a try given the price. | M | 28 | 2 months | 2/25/2009 | 5 | Migraines | Slightly drowsy which is okay since sleep usually cures the migraine. | When I take one pill at the beginning; starting to feel nauseated, aura is present and increasing in intensity, and a headache coming on that is easy to identify once you've had even one migraine in the past...I can lie down in a dark, quiet room and fall asleep for an hour or so. When I wake up most of the symptoms are gone - completely. Luckily I only get this feeling once every month or two but for me the medication works wonders. | M | 52 | 2 years 50/325/40 1X day | 8/26/2014 | 5 | Severe migrane | euphoria | it works | M | 13 | 1 days 50/40/324 | 9/9/2015 | 5 | BACK PAIN Spina Bifida Occulta L1-5 | Occasional sleepiness | Worked perfectly on me. My grandmother (1890-1980) took Fiorinal (aspirin) for decades and first gave me a couple. When L-4 collapsed onto L-5 this provided perfect relief in concert with Soma 350mg. Took 2 Fioricet and 1/2 Soma 4xday and worked 18 hrs. daily in Hollywood (mastering vintage movies to videotape) with no problem driving or concentrating. (Used to drive to Tiajuana where I bought these in 1000 pill bottles for $75, Soma $85!) Someone apparently pulled a generic scam on Fioricet and the prices were driven through the roof--typical drug company scam. Now, they want $120 for 30 pills and insurance won't cover it. I'm forced to take Norco (hydrocodone 10mg) when Fioricet worked perfectly. Where's the FDA?? | M | 71 | 40 years 2 pills 4X day | 10/3/2019 | 5 | Migraine | Euphoria and tremendous relaxation is all I experienced. | Fioricet works wonderfully for migraine and it had few side effects from me other than relaxation and euphoria. | M | 33 | 1 months 325/50/40 4X W | 10/9/2020 | 4 | Silent Migraine/vestibular migraine | tiredness, dizziness, mild euphoria, feeling lightheaded, nausea, cognitive difficulties and just feeling kind of "out of it" (these were mild for most part) | Works well but only on an as needed basis. Just a temporary fix that can only be taken once or twice a week. Doesn't help to prevent them. Much easier to tolerate and much safer than triptans (for me at least) | M | 34 | 30 days 50/325/40 1X AN | 4/8/2021 | 4 | Migraine | Minimal side effects, to be expected. Much less side effects than Imitrex or Triptans. Family History of Heart Problems. Imitrex caused me to have severe chest pains. | Fioricet takes 50-60% of the pain away. Very grateful. Requires 1-2 per headache, prevents them from lasting 2-3 days. Also prevents them from progressing to causing nausea. | M | 27 | 1 months 50-325-40 1X day | 3/16/2016 | 4 | headaches/migraines | Rebound headaches. Stomach problems. Dependency. | I've had migraines for 30+ years. I think fioricet helps temper the pain level of my migraines. I stopped a couple times, once for a over a month and the pain level increased significantly. I'm probably addicted, have a emotional dependancy on the drug and developed stomach motility problems as a result of my useage. But, as long as I think it reduces the pain level of my migraines, I have to continue taking it. It's actually a pretty mild drug with few side effects, especially compaired to what else is out there. | M | 60 | 17 years 3X day | 12/7/2011 | 3 | tension headaches | Grogginess, slurred speech, dizzy, stumbling around, didn't last real long and the come down is HELL | I was prescribed this for tension headaches. First evening, it was amazing. Second evening, when I felt another one creeping up, I took it again. I ended up passing out on the couch and woke up about 1 AM, then transferred to bed. The next morning, I woke up much earlier than normal, heart racing and nervous/anxious like I can't remember before. Third night, again I felt another H/A creeping up, so I took it, but I crashed after it wore off and felt worse than sh*t, so I took some more. Finally went to bed about midnight. Following morning, I again woke up nervous and earlier than normal, feeling depressed and morose. This drug seems to work yet the side-effects, even prolonged, are almost intolerable. I am seriously considering flushing the rest of the bottle down the toilet. | M | 29 | 4 days 325mg 2X day | 6/29/2012 | 3 | Migraines | 1 pill didn't do anything so I had to take 2 for any effect. Some days I had to take 6 pills a day which is the maximum. This medication always made me feel like I had been drinking too much alcohol. After the initial dizzy/drowsiness passed it would make me feel lethargic. Also I consider myself addiction resistant to most of the substances out there, but this one was one of the medicine I really worried about becoming addicted to. So I had to tell the doctor and got all my medications switched. Also it never really helped really well unless I took many a day which is dangerous. Also since it made me feel loopy I was very careless and did dumb mistakes. Glad I am off of it. | M | 30 | 6 months 2x3 Day | 10/17/2013 | 1 | migraine | i broke out in hives under my arms this drug sucks it is no better than speed all it is is tylenol and caffiene i threw away pills and called the doctor | M | 27 | 2 days | 8/8/2007 | 5 | migraines and neck pain | I have taken this for about 4 years on and off. Recently, i started taking Klonopin for my restless leg and now if i take Fioricet i feel like I can't talk normal and my tongue feels thick. | F | 41 | 4 years | 2/2/2008 | 5 | Migraines | I feel soooo much better when I take this medication. None of the migraine meds work for me. This was great. | F | 22 | 10 times | 12/16/2004 | 5 | severe headaches | no side effects whatsoever. headache went away w/i 15-20 minutes. good drug!! | ask your doc for it | F | 44 | 2 years | 3/10/2004 | 5 | stress headaches | mellow feeling (nice), increased sexual appetite | If you take it everyday, you get a rebound headache, which makes you get addicted. | F | 55 | | 12/27/2003 | 5 | Tension and Migraine headaches | Sleepiness | A great medicine for people with combination headaches, use extreme caution so as not to become dependant on the drug. | F | 23 | 10 years | 1/8/2003 | 5 | For migraine headache | I had a migraine headache starting late on night then the next morning i woke up feeling like the top of my head was going to explode. I had gotten sick and layed back down for three hours. When i woke up it was still killing me. So I'd forgotten that my Dr had prescribed it to me so i went to the medicine cabinet and took two. After about 30 minutes i started feeling like my normal self. Imetrex and Treximent didn't seem to work and then that's when my Dr prescribed Fioricet. What a God send this was. Thank you Dr. | F | 35 | 6 days 3 day | 9/27/2012 | 5 | Migraine Headaches | No bad side effects noted. | Have been taking it for migraines for over 30 years. I take an average of 8 pills per month that are 50 Butalbital/325 APAP/500 Caffeine. It takes about 1/2 hour to start working if I take it early when the headache has just started to ramp up. Sometimes my headaches last three days and those times I take no more than 3 pills in one day, and never for more than 3 days in a row. I have stuck to these limits for myself, and I have never gotten a tolerance. I have learned that if I take it within an hour of the headache starting to get bad, then it works better. Also, I have developed a suspicion that old pills get weak... if the Fioricet pills are more than a few months old, they don't seem to work as well, so I never get more than 2 months worth at a time. When I was taking codeine for pain from broken bones, I found that I could get relief with just half a Fioricet at a time. Nothing else I ever tried worked this well or this fast. I have tried other things over the years (as urged by various doctors) but nothing else works this well or this fast for me, and it even makes the nausea go away, too. I'll stick with it for life, fortunately my headaches aren't more frequent... but I think that using Fioricet when I need it has made my headaches less frequent overall. Bonus is that it's really inexpensive, too. | F | 51 | 32 years 50/500/325 1X AN | 4/9/2010 |
FIORICET (ACETAMINOPHEN; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE): This combination medication is used to treat tension headaches. Acetaminophen helps to decrease the pain from the headache. Caffeine helps increase the effects of acetaminophen. Butalbital is a sedative that helps to decrease anxiety and cause sleepiness and relaxation. FDA Approval Date: 1984-11-09 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)