The doctor prescribes Fioricet for migraine ; it has a combination of Butalbital, Caffeine, and Acetaminophen.
The medication has the following ingredients:
⦁ Butalbital is a sedative that decreases anxiety and causes relaxation and sleepiness.
⦁ Acetaminophen helps to reduce the pain from the headache.
⦁ Caffeine amplifies the effects of Acetaminophen.
This medicine is also accessible with codeine. Fioricet with codeine is from the group of medications known as Analgesics, opioid combos. You can take this medicine alone or with other treatment.
It takes between 6 to 5 half-lives for the medicine to reach a steady-state, and the medicine traces can be seen in the urine and blood for more than ten days after the last use.
Consume this medicine orally without or with a meal as the doctor instructed, take this medicine in gapping of 4 hours as needed.
If you are using medicine's liquid form, you should use a special measuring device/spoon to measure the doses; using a regular household spoon carries the risk of getting the wrong measurement.
Your physician will tell your Fioricet dosage based on your age, medical condition, and response to treatment. This medicine responds best if used as soon as the pain starts to hit; waiting for the pain to get severe can reduce the medicine's effects.
Your doctor may start you on low dosage strength to avoid Fioricet side effects and gradually increase the dosage strength.
A sudden stop of this medicine can cause withdrawal symptoms (such as nausea, vomiting, mood swings, and seizures). Your doctor will tell you to reduce this medicine's usage slowly over time to prevent these symptoms.
To ensure safety, tell your doctor if you ever suffered from:
- Asthma
- Kidney disease
- Suicidal thoughts
- Stomach ulcer
- Sleep apnea
It is unknown that this medicine will affect an unborn baby, and inform your doctor if you are pregnant.
A mother should not breast-feed while using this medicine because it can transfer through breast-milk and may harm a nursing baby.
