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Re: Fiorinal and Fioricet

Posted by nightlight on November 23, 2001, at 8:55:12

In reply to Fiorinal and Fioricet » nightlight, posted by Elizabeth on November 21, 2001, at 18:39:53

> > I used Fiorinal #3-a combo of codeine, butalbital, caffeine and aspirin.
>
> Oh, of course! I got Fioricet (the acetaminophen-containing version) for back pain once. Butalbital (the barbiturate ingredient) is one of only a couple barbiturates that are still used much (phenobarbital is also sometimes used as an anticonvulsant).
>
Elizabeth,

Yes, ya just don't see those bottles of seconal, nembutal, tuinal, etc..... the way u used too! (In the med cabinets of friends parents, grandparents, etc). No "Return to the Valley of the Dolls" for this generation of the perpetually medicated.


> I tried taking Fioricet more recently (again, for back pain), but I got *really* depressed, which definitely hadn't happened before. My pdoc thought it might have been an interaction with the desipramine I'm taking.
>
> Did you ever try plain codeine, and if so, do you think that Fiorinal w/codeine was any more or less effective (for pain or for depression) than codeine by itself?
>
> -e

Plain codeine did nothing for my depression, nor did any of the other many painkillers I have used in search of relief from intense cervical pain. Not even the beloved Vicodins from which I have known so many to find tremendous depression relief. ONLY the F#3's for me.

So, I figure, I realy needed the barbiturate for anxiety, and the codeine for 'synergy'. Now, if I had ever taken some other type of opioid/opiate combined with a barbiturate, the effect might have been equally efficacious.

nightlight


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