Is Butalbital W/O Codeine as strong as a Norco 10 mg.?

I have taken and been addicted to both. The butalbytal I took was w/aspirin and caffeine and was for headaches - called fiorinal (or fioricet that had tylenol.) I have never heard of just the butalbytal alone but I guess it would be for relaxing since it is a barbiturate. That is why it works for headches but it is not a pain pill. Technically when it is in the fiorinal it is considered a pain pill for headaches but Norco would be better for your kind of pain. I had a severe hip disintegrating situation and subsequently got a new hip. They were both relatively hard to get off of but the fiorinal was very hard because phsycologically I didn't think of it as a heavy duty drug and neither did the Dr.s or any pharmacist I ever talked to... altho the fiorinal was a Class II and the fioricet was a lower class which I could never understand because the butalbytal was the addictive ingredient so don't know why that was but the fioricet is easier to get because of that.

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It would be wise to take the norco for pain and watch the butal. because it will, as you said, just make you sleepy and mixed with an opiate i THINK COULD 'REALLY' MAKE YOU SLEEPY as I remember on the 2 occassions I mixed them - in excess of course but they both have a purpose when taken in moderation. Good Luck If you do have to withdraw from butal. do it relatively slowly altho it doesn't sound like you are taking more that 1 a night so you shouldn't have any problem. You seem to have a healthy "fear" of taking too many. Hope you feel better.