FIORINAL Reviews (ASPIRIN; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE)Average Rating: 4.2 (49 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FIORINAL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FIORINAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | sinus headaches | I wake up with a headache pretty much everyday. I used to take one or two in the morning and that worked. Over about a seven year period, I now need four in morning. Sometimes even the four will not do and I end up taking about 3-4 more just to function at work and all other responsibilities. Sometimes my chest hurts and my breathing slows due to this. I have made a decision to cut back on fiorinal. I will just have to endure the pain. Doctors ack as though they don't know what is wrong with me. I will just have to kick the habbit... | M | 34 | 9 years | 6/15/2005 | 1 | depression | F | | 3/19/2005 | 5 | Migraines and Fibromyalgia | For some reason, the generic forms of this drug give me a rash and do not seem to work as efficiently. I do not experience any side effects with Fiorinal. | This is the only effective treatment I can tolerate for my migraines. It is however important that I take it at the earliest hint of oncoming migraine. Once you start vomiting from the pain, the capsule is difficult to swallow. Wish it came in a suppository or injectable format for those times. | F | 55 | 32 years | 1/18/2005 | 4 | Migraine/tension/post head injury | Occasional stomach pain, bit of loopiness, other times a bit of a buzz | I had tried every triptan & narcotic before I tried Fiorinal. The 1st time I took it I burst into tears because it gave me more complete relief than morphine! But like the rest of you, I have found its efficacy has greatly decreased over time & I am sure I am addicted, taking them almost daily for daily headaches. I've read it causes terrible rebounds & I feel as though I am just trying to chase away the pain but never getting rid of it. It works so well but with a chronic headache problem, I'm wondering if it has caused more problems than it is currently solving. I have gone off it twice & had such intense rebounds, lasting weeks that I went back on it. Even my Doc wanted me to. I want tot ry quitting again but am TERRIFIED of the pain. I can take a few days white knuckling it, but weeks, or even months? I run a forum for headache sufferers who are trying to get off Fiorinal & find other ways to cope. Two members have gone from 8-10 a day to 2-5 a week...max. If anyone is interested in joining our | F | 44 | 8 years | 11/17/2004 | 3 | headaches | It worked well for my headache, but it made me feel drowsy and sluggish- it slowed me down mentally so i only take it if im home. made me sleepy | its affective at first but you need to take more the more you use it which is very bad. | F | 32 | 2 years | 10/12/2004 | 3 | migraines | It worked somewhat, when I first started taking it. Pretty soon though, I was taking it by the handful and it still wasn't touching my headache pain. | F | 27 | 2 months | 5/25/2004 | 4 | Tension headaches | Dry mouth | F | 48 | | 9/24/2003 | 5 | headache | None, if taken as prescribed. | I'm from a long line of headache/migraine sufferers, and over the years I have found Fiorinal an extremely efficacious medicine for relief of headache. When a migraine kicks in, however, only Imitrex or possibly Zomig have been effective. I try to avoid taking Fiorinal with codeine, however, as I do not like the side-effects of codeine. If a headache gets bad enough to take that, an Imitrex will bring more lasting relief anyway. | F | 64 | 40 years | 7/6/2003 | 4 | Muscle tension headaches/migraines | Diarrhea/stomach pain next day, sometimes rebound headaches after a couple of days. | Worked fairly well in concurrence with Flexeril (muscle relaxant) but efficacy decreases over time. | F | 27 | 6 years | 4/30/2003 |