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

[nancyrenee]

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.

nancyrenee Reviewed by nancyrenee on 07-02-2004. 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 Rating: 5

[NowhereMan]

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



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

[duppy man]

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

[nancyrenee]

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.

[Ammie]

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.