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(Message started by: BMoneeTheMoneeMan on Aug 26^th, 2005, 10:02pm)

Title: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by BMoneeTheMoneeMan on Aug 26^th, 2005, 10:02pm

Anyone here take fioricet for the clusters? I know that most pain meds dont help clusters or migraines, but they say fioricet is made for that.
It contains Asparin, caffeine, codene and another drug that starts with a B.
Anyone have success with this?
Thanks & PF wishes
BMonee

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by nani on Aug 26^th, 2005, 11:35pm

I've tried both. Neither one helped. They work for migraines, I'm told.

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by Kevin_M on Aug 27^th, 2005, 12:06am

I was 'scribed them back in the mid 90's when I had no prevents and not enough trex. I think generic was called esgic, which they stopped making. No codeine but had the butalbital. Helped for the first diagnosed episode but then stopped working, no matter how many I took. It prompted me real fast to start looking harder for a prevent then. :)

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by don on Aug 27^th, 2005, 9:17am

Quote:

I was 'scribed them back in the mid 90's

In the 80s and 90s it was all I had. Might help with a shadow but thats about it.

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by E-Double on Aug 27^th, 2005, 10:03am

Didn't do a thing for me.

Be careful with it too.

Barbituates can be addicting and if you find it helping guess what could happen ;)

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by bnfreeman on Aug 27^th, 2005, 1:28pm

Same here, didn't work. Time to move on to the next med. Good luck!

B

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by Karla on Aug 27^th, 2005, 4:17pm

I tried both and neither touched it my ch or migraines.

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by cheNY on Aug 27^th, 2005, 7:52pm

same here....... never helped.

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by JDH on Aug 27^th, 2005, 8:19pm

Once upon a time Fioricet was my only prescribed prevent/abortive but like everything else it didn't help.
Plus the codeine tore up my stomach pretty good.

Jim

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by sernest on Aug 29^th, 2005, 3:43pm

Hi I have suffered clusters for about 17 years now and my doc put me on fiourinal with codeine a few years back. I really don't think they do much, maybe help to break my cycle earlier. I know they mess up my stomache for about two weeks after I take them. So I just don't take them. I am in the process of having to switch to a new doctor mine is retiring. So now I get to try and educate another, he says he has dealt alittle with clusters. Doesn't sound promising. Hope you get some relieve soon.

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by Bob P on Aug 29^th, 2005, 4:35pm

They are pretty good for tension headaches.

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by BMoneeTheMoneeMan on Aug 29^th, 2005, 11:19pm

are tension headaches also caused by dialated blood vessels?
BMonee

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by don on Aug 30^th, 2005, 7:11am

Quote:

he says he has dealt alittle with clusters. Doesn't sound promising.

Cheer up. Could be your in the best possible position you could be if he's willing to listen and learn.

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by Bob P on Aug 30^th, 2005, 9:09am

on 08/29/05 at 23:19:46, BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote:

are tension headaches also caused by dialated blood vessels?
BMonee

I don't think so. I think they are caused by tightened muscles in the neck/shoulders which put pressure on or irritate nerves. That's why the butalbital, a sedative/barbituate, helps.

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by pinksharkmark on Aug 31^st, 2005, 12:29am

Well, I'm gonna buck the tide here and say that for me, in the early stages of a cycle and the waning stages of a cycle the Fiorinal C (with codeine) always worked pretty well as long as I took one (or sometimes two) at the VERY FIRST SIGNS of an impending CH, and as long as the CH was no stronger than Kip 6 to Kip 7 range.

But once my cycle was firmly established and I was getting multiple Kip 8 and Kip 9 CH per day, the Fiorinal stopped working completely. I mean it wouldn't even dull the edge of them. It was about as effective as eating M&Ms.

pinky

Title: Re: Fioricet or fiorinal anyone?
Post by jon019 on Sep 14^th, 2005, 10:11pm

Hello,

Fiorinal just made me dopey WITH the same pain. Can't recommend.

Regards

Jon019