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Aspirin / butalbital / caffeine User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

Brand names: Fiorinal, Farbital, Fiormor, Fiortal Fortabs

Aspirin / butalbital / caffeine has an average rating of 8.9 out of 10 from a total of 120 reviews on Drugs.com. 88% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 6% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Aspirin / butalbital / caffeine

  • Anonymous
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • January 5, 2018

Butalbital Compound (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Migraine "Works better than codeine meds for me"

10 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • April 27, 2009

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Migraine "This drug is phenomenal for migraines as long as you catch it early."

10 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • July 28, 2011

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Headache "Headache treatment is different for everybody, but this is the only medicine that has ever worked for me. It gets rid of the headache 95% of the time!"

9 / 10
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  • Penny...
  • January 23, 2013

Butalbital Compound (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Migraine "Wonderful as long as you take it at onset. I also use Imitrex. Daily."

8 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • February 10, 2009

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Headache "Fiorinal works on my headaches when nothing else would. I have not noticed any side effects. Recommend it highly for those pesky tension headaches"

10 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • May 21, 2009

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Headache "This medication works great for my tension headaches. I only need them once or twice a week; taking two relieves the headache or at least reduces it so much that it does not bother me."

10 / 10
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  • Dawn...
  • March 23, 2011

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Migraine "Most of the time this works wonders. "

9 / 10
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  • Tamma
  • November 7, 2009

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Headache "This drug works wonders on my headaches!"

10 / 10
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  • Angie
  • Taken for 2 to 5 years
  • February 4, 2020

Butalbital Compound (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Migraine "This medication has worked for me for years for my mirgraines."

10 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • October 7, 2011

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Migraine "Works for many migraines, but sometimes I have really awful ones, and for those I need a stronger medicine. I use a combination pill that includes codeine."

8 / 10
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  • jomikey
  • Taken for 5 to 10 years
  • August 14, 2014

For Pain "I've used this for sometime now and it always stops my headaches and back pain."

10 / 10
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  • Molli...
  • February 1, 2009

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Migraine "Works wonders for my husbands migraines, does nothing for mine. Mine seem to be immune to just about everything we've tried so far though."

7 / 10
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  • LHowell
  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • February 26, 2016

Butalbital Compound (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Headache "Honestly wish my M.D. or P.M. doctor had prescribed fiorinal or fioricet with codeine phosphate 3. I was taking that version for years last rx call in was only for fioricet."

7 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • November 13, 2009

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Headache "Felt like the headache was squeezed out of my head."

10 / 10
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  • soull...
  • June 20, 2014

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Migraine "I took two of these for a migraine and it just made it worse."

1 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • April 29, 2008

For Pain "This is the only medication that will knock out my tension headaches, neck and back tension. It's important that I take it on the onset. Truly a miracle tension headache medication for me."

10 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • November 25, 2009

Fiorinal (aspirin / butalbital / caffeine) for Headache "Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't on my tension headaches. Seems to work better than Aspirin and Caffeine alone, but not by much."

7 / 10
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  • Eisaak
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • March 23, 2013

For Migraine "Takes the edge off and stops the escalation of pain. Nothing makes my migraines go away but this allows me to function."

8 / 10
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  • Brat
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • November 15, 2018

For Headache "Taken for cluster headache. Didn't help at all, but caused horrid pain in gut. I have acute pancreatitis. Asked doc if it was safe and she said yes. It wasn't safe"

1 / 10
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  • Melz
  • Taken for 2 to 5 years
  • March 14, 2024

For Migraine "Works great on my migraines! I only have to take one when I feel a migraine coming on and within 20 to 25 min. Poof. Gone."

9 / 10
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  • Melissa
  • Taken for 2 to 5 years
  • March 6, 2024

For Migraine "Fioricet is the only migraine medication that works for me. All other medications do not help the intensity."

10 / 10
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