FIORINAL W CODEINE NO 3 Reviews (ASPIRIN; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE)Average Rating: 4.6 (74 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FIORINAL W CODEINE NO 3 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FIORINAL W CODE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Headaches | No side effects. Kills the headache.......if you don't "chase it" | No side effects | M | 63 | 10 years 30 mg 1X day | 6/10/2011 | 1 | Migraine | Fatigue, rebound headahe | I have suffered from Migraines for 20 years. I have been prescribed everything...Imitrex, Topomax, Fiornal, Axert, Relpax, Zomig) & used to go to the emergency room 1x week to get demerol shots! 10 years ago I found my miracle drug: Maxalt. As the years have gone by my body has built up a tolerance to it and it stopped working so for the past 2 years I've been combining Maxalt w/Excedrin Migraine which has been a great cocktail. Until recently, again I've built up a tolerance and it no longer works unless I take several Maxalt/Excedrine over a period of days and since my insurance only allows 9 Maxalt pills a month, so I need something new. I was searching the internet and came across this blog and I thought I'd found the Holy Grail! Fiornal w/Codeine #3 made total sense as it has the aspirin/caffeine combo that I had created myself with Maxalt/Excedrin! I got a prescription, but alas...it isn't working. My very first onset of a headache 2 days ago I took one: nothing. I took another one & it made tired so I slept & woke up feeling good. Then boom, another one started coming on...same thing: 1 didnt work, so I took 2 and now 2 didn't work so I made it through the day/night, went home/put an icepack on my head fell asleep and didn't wake up until 2:00 today...I slept for 15 hours! Worst part is that I can feel the headache still lingering in the backround waiting to pounce. | F | 41 | 3 days 2X day | 12/11/2010 | 5 | Migraines | No side effects | I have had migraines all of my life, from childhood on. This is the only medication that helps, and I have tried everything including participation in the Faulkner (Boston) Headache Center. I do not understand why it is becoming difficult to find a prescription insurance program that covers this drug. If anyone knows which company covers this drug I would appreciate hearing from you. I'm dropping AARP/United Healthcare because they've just dropped this drug, and, as you have all noted, the generic doesn't work at all. | F | 71 | 30 years 30 MG 2X day | 12/1/2010 | 5 | tension headaches | occasional fatigue or rebound headache,constipation,upset stomach if taken on an empty stomach | In my opinion,this is one of the best pain killers on the market.It was prescribed to me initially for tension headaches and I have taken it off and on for nearly 25 years. One word of caution...This drug is or can easily become very addictive. Proceed with caution especially if you have an addictive personality. In my opinion,it is much stronger than hydrocodone. Unfortunately for me,after years of taking it,I became very dependent and at times would either take more than was prescribed or take it to "relax" or soften the blow of a stressful situation. (It had that affect on me). Before long...You get the story. That being said,if you need serious pain relief,this medication most likely will do the trick...Just proceed with caution as I mentioned and take it only as needed. (Over time,if taken regularly,(daily basis),it will lose its effectiveness and you could possibly end up addicted. No fun at all... | F | 47 | 25 years 1X AN | 10/3/2010 | 5 | Migraine | Always: Dry Mouth, Euphoria, Anxious feeling Occasional: Constipation, Gas pains (if I havn't eaten, and lessened if I eat and take a Gas-X), Indigestion, Drowsiness | Best migraine releif I have had. I have been on the same dosage for 8 years and never had to be bumped up from C1/2s. I take these for migraine pain as well as Topamax now for prevention. | F | 24 | 8 years 1X AN | 7/14/2010 | 5 | tension & migraine headaches | dry mouth | I have been taking this medication 4x a day for years and now the Insurance Companies won't let me get the brand name unless I want to pay $310.00 a month so they are forcing me to take the generic which I tried years ago and it didn't work. I'm hoping this time it works because I can't afford brand name. This is the only medication that works | F | 47 | 25 years | 1/8/2010 | 5 | chronic migraine | withdrawal is scary, make sure you don't take it every day, it will also lose effectiveness that way | the best drug I've taken, manage your dosage well and you can enjoy being highly functional and pain free for periods of time, I swear the generic is not the same as brand, but if expense is not an issue get brand | F | 51 | 32 years | 8/7/2009 | 4 | Tension headaches | Drowsiness, reduction in mental alertness. | This drug is quite helpful for treating tension headaches, but not extremely effective for treating migraine headaches. Often, a combination tension/ sinus headache will mimic the symptoms of a migraine. I have found that combining Fiorinal along with 60 mg of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride (pseudophed), almost always eliminates a bad sinus headache, and usually eliminates a tension headache. The only medication which works for my migraines is a migraine specific medication called Maxalt. I take the Maxalt first, wait 20 minutes, then take the Fiorinal. Works every time. | F | 47 | 21 years | 7/21/2009 | 5 | Migraines & Neck pain | Mild stomach upset if I have not ate. | I have suffered with Migraines since I was 15, this is the only medicine (I have been on almost everything)that lets me live a normal life. I take 1 - 4X a day & also have a rhisodomy (Cauterization of the nerves between the 1-6 vertebrae) on my neck every 6-12 months. My use has been almost nonstop since age 25, yet I am not bothered with any withdrawal symptoms or nervousnous when I am able to go without them. Which I do, at least 3 days a month. My Pain Control specialist has no problem prescribing these, I just have to be seen every 6 months before he will renew them. It is the pharmacists & the generic pill pushers that have a problem with them. The Generic does not work!!!! | F | 55 | 39 years | 6/30/2009 | 4 | migraines | Extreme fatigue | Wonderful for managing my migraines, however I find it difficult to function on the job with even one pill (I'm begging to go to sleep). | F | 31 | 6 months | 4/24/2009 | 5 | Hurt fingers using a maddock | This medicine really helped reduce the throbbing and the pain experienced when I accidently had the steel end of a maddock (pick axe, flathead)ricochet back onto me . . . but, as a side effect, gave me the sleep I needed as well. Some lethargy was experienced the next morning after a really excellent sleep, but that only lasted until about lunchtime(about 5 hours). | Fiorinal also assisted my wife with periodic migraines, it's effects really giving relief to her ! I really recommend this medicine when other pain relievers, such as Panadiene Forte, can not be acquired "over the counter". | M | 57 | 4 days | 4/4/2009 | 5 | Migraines | Drowsiness (which is a god-send with a migraine) | I take 2 at the first hint of a migraine and can usually abort it. With a severe mirgraine I may have to take 4 to 6 fiorinal a day. Have tried other medications and have had severe side effects, this is the greatest medication ever for migraines. I use brand name fiorinal w/codeine, it is more expense, but generic does not work as well for me. Be careful to not overuse, it won't work as well and you may develop addition. | F | 52 | 20 years | 3/25/2009 | 5 | MIGRAINES | HYPER, CONSTIPATION | I have suffered migraines for SEVERAL YEARS and this is the only thing that works. The key is to take as soon as you feel migraine coming. It will knock it RIGHT OUT, and you can function. Even the worse migraines were lessened due to this medication. I was amazed! | F | 36 | 5 years | 3/6/2009 | 1 | severe migraines | Light headed, nausea, AND ADDICTION | If you are loving this medicine!!! you ARE addicted!! it is true that it relieves the pain but at a certain point your body start craving it more and more.. and without you knowing you will not be able to function without it... your body is very smart and will get you a migraine just to get the drug!! BEWARE...!!!! I just got out of a week of hell... withdrawal symptoms: Anxiety, shaking, sleepiness, nausea/throwing up, short breath, and more... and I was on 2 day as well thinking I was making myself feel better with the medicine but for real I was intoxicating myself little by little... if you are in doubt try to stop for a couple of days and see your body's reaction you'll be surprised. there are plenty of other drugs that do not have narcotic but still work just as good for migraine relief... and I'm going that way. I'm started loosing my memory a lot lately and I'm pretty sure it because of this "medication". | F | 34 | 15 years | 2/15/2009 | 5 | Migraines, tension headaches | Constipation | I have used this for years for migraines about 2-3X a month. Lately I have needed to take more (2-4x week) mostly for tension headaches. I think this is because of a job change in which I am in front of a computer 10-12 hours per day/6 days per week. I've found that if I don't take it for the tension headaches and try to push through the pain they get worse and feel like a migraine (vomiting, severe pain). My fear is that I will develop a dependency but like others have tried many types of pain management and this is the only one that works. Is there anyone out there taking as much as I am--about 10-14 per week? Not everyday but often have to take 2, twice a day to get complete relief and up to 6 per day for severe migraine episodes that usually last 1 day. Any advice is appreciated. | F | 49 | 17 years | 2/3/2009 | 5 | Chronic headaches | Minimal | Raises pain threshold to levels where I can function. Prior to taking F#3 I was ressigned to driving my head into walls and sliding into vortexes of pain - perhaps lasting days. F#3 is better than stronger narcotics. Why suffer? | M | 45 | 12 years | 9/6/2008 | 4 | headaches/migraines | a bit sleepy | Great drug, would not be able to function at my job without it. I get frequent headaches and being a teacher of High School students, without the medication, I would not be able to teach and the kids would be jumping out of their seats! | F | 5 years | 7/16/2008 | 5 | Migraines | None, this drug has been a God send for me. It is the ONLY drug that has every worked for me. I am able to lead a normal life because of it. | I have never experienced rebound headaches. I have been using it for 40+ years and have never become addicted. I only use it when I need it NOT DAILY. | F | 58 | 40 years | 6/3/2008 | 5 | Nerve damage(eye) headaches | Fiornal #3 keeps me pain-free between nerve blocks and able to function. I take 1 3x day and if having shooting pain down side of face can take 2. They tried other meds. but my pain management dr. knows this is what help me. He prescribed (dugesic, morphine...etc.(much stronger drugs) but these left me unable to function normally and did not get rid of pain lke Fiorinal #3. My mother takes it for migranes and so that is how I knew to try it. It is really a life-saver so I can have a normal life!....TR I had 4 sinus surgeries...that produced nerve damage above eye. | Best medication on market.Do not understand WHY drs. have a problem w/ prescribing insted of Vicodin, and Tylenol #3. | F | 39 | 3 years | 5/29/2008 | 4 | chronic headache | sometimes mild stomach upset if taken on empty stomach | what can I say? have fibromyalgia and allergy headaches triggered by airborne pollutants like the perfume put in those awful clothes dryer sheets. Fiorinal knocks the headached out. Except for those dryer sheets. Avoid those like the plague undying. They are loaded with toxic chemicals and headache triggers. Do a websearch on those; avoiding that stuff cut the number of my headaches by 50percent. | F | 49 | 8 years | 10/8/2007 |