What is Fioricet? Uses & side effects..
Fioricet is an oral medication supplied in a hard-gelatin capsule form. Each Fioricet capsule contains Butalbital, acetaminophen, and caffeine. It also has some inactive ingredients, including microcrystalline cellulose, titanium dioxide, lauryl sulfate, talc, stearic acid, FD & C blue no. 1, FD & C red no. 40, FD & C yellow no. 6 and gelatin.
Butalbital is a short-acting barbiturate, acetaminophen is an antipyretic, non-opiate, and non-salicylate analgesic, and caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant.
What are the uses of Fioricet?
Buy Fioricet online for treating your tension headaches. Each component of the medication plays a role in relieving complex symptoms of tension headaches and migraines.
However, no significant evidence supports this combination product's efficacy and safety to treat multiple recurrent headaches.
Fioricet can be useful in relieving muscle contraction or tension headaches and migraines.
In what formations is Fioricet available?
Fioricet 40 mg is available in the following dosage forms:
- Butalbital 40 mg, caffeine 50 mg, and acetaminophen 325 mg
- Butalbital 40 mg, caffeine 50 mg, and acetaminophen 500 mg
- Butalbital 40 mg, caffeine 50 mg, and acetaminophen 750 mg
How should we use Fioricet?
The usual daily dosage of Fioricet for an average adult with a tension headache is:
- 40 mg/ 50 mg/ 325 mg: 2 tablets or capsules orally every 4 hours. Do not exceed more than six pills daily
- 40 mg/ 50 mg/ 500 mg: 1 tablet or capsule orally every 4 hours. Do not exceed more than six pills daily
- 40 mg/ 50 mg/ 750 mg: 1 tablet or capsule orally every 4 hours. Do not exceed more than five pills daily
You should not take Fioricet pills if you have any of the following health conditions:
- Hypersensitivity to Butalbital or any other component of the medication
- Allergic reactions to any inactive ingredient of Fioricet
- Porphyria
- Acute liver failure
- High blood pressure
- Severe renal impairment
There are specific warnings related to the use of Fioricet. The medication contains Butalbital, which is a habit-forming and potentially abusable substance. Therefore, it is not recommended for long-term use.
Acetaminophen is a substance that may cause cases of acute liver failure, resulting in liver transplant and death. This risk is high in individuals with underlying liver disease and people who take alcohol while on Fioricet treatment.
Acetaminophen may also cause severe skin reactions such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN).
The use of acetaminophen causes hypersensitivity and anaphylaxis. The signs of these reactions include swelling of the mouth, face, and throat, urticarial, respiratory distress, pruritus, rash, and vomiting.
You should also take some precautions while on Fioricet's treatment. The medication should be cautiously prescribed in patients with severe renal or hepatic impairment, acute abdominal conditions, or elderly and debilitating people.
Fioricet may impair physical or mental abilities. If taken with alcohol or other central nervous system depressants, it may produce an additive depression of the central nervous system.
No specific studies regarding the use of Fioricet in pregnant women were conducted. Consequently, it is not advisable to take the medication when you are pregnant unless prescribed by a doctor. All the three components of Fioricet get excreted in the breast milk, and the significance of their effects in nursing infants is unknown.
