any nurses here? pain pill question. all responses welcome.

Yeah I've been on fioricet for my bladder pain. I at one time was on a pain pill that was and asprin codeine mixture. Recently my nurse practitioner prescribed me fioricet. My prescription says take one every four hours as needed. One doesn't really help. I have never taken this before so it wasn't because I had a tolerance to it. I read online that the normal prescription is taking 1 to 2 every four to six hours. But not to exceed 6 in a 24 hour period. I usually take three a day. But I have at times when the pain was almost unbearable taken two at a time. I had read on several online pharmacy websites that like i said before the usual dosage is 1 to 2 tablets. They are 160 mg each. But when I take two for about the first two hours I seem to feel extremely dizzy, weak, i have nausea, i itch really bad. The active ingredients are barbitol, acetiminophen (spelled incorrectly) and caffeine. Has anyone ever taken this before? I was told it was a mild pain reliever. But when reading about it it says it's a strong one. I don't crave it or anything. I don't like the way it makes me feel. I know I shouldn't take two when the doctor said only take one. But should I be concerned with the side effects? Tonight my neck got a little flushed. Any other people know anything about barbituates or acetiminophen? That's also the same pain reliever found in tylenol. Ecept it's in a very low dose. I didn't want to mention taking two of them at once to my MD because she would say "why did you do that when the prescription says take one?" lol. I don't want her thinking i'm a pill head. And they don't like to prescribe me pain pills in the first place even though my disease requires them. So I don't want to push it.

http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/psychoactives.shtml



http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/barbiturates/

It is a mild analgesic ..any side effects should be reported ASAP but if you feel uncomfortable yourself with taking them yourself then Stop..

The side effects were from the caffeine that's in the pill. It contains a large dose of caffeine. And I don't eat or drink anything with caffeine in it. So it was a big shock for my body. But I fixed it. Thanks for the comments.

nancy it sounds like this pill just isnt doin the trick for u if it was gunna work one would be fine no sence in takein more of a drug thats just not gunna work for u. call your doc and tell him this just aint workin and tell him to try u on sumthing different. but i wouldnt just keep takein sumthing thats not helpin the pain and makein ya feel bad.