Fioricet for Headache User Reviews (Page 5)

• Queen...
• November 7, 2010

"I've had migraines since I was 12, they went away from the time I was 16 until recently at the age of 20. I've been hospitalized because they have been so severe this time around. Fioricet is the only thing that has any effect on my migraines, but it takes about two hours to even start to help. Even then, it'll only knock it from a ten down to a nine, or an eight if I'm really lucky. I have linked my headaches back to food allergies, which I'm discovering more and more of every week. I have to read every ingredient and prepare all meals myself, which is extremely difficult as a college student commuting. If you cannot find the source of your migraines, try eliminating malted wheat barely, MSG, sodium nitrate and chocolate."

• barnes
• November 29, 2010

"I have use this medication for over 10 years as need. It takes some time for your body to get use to it but it takes care of my migraines faster than anything I have taken. I do use over the counter medicines to control the headaches that are not as severe or when I can bear it. I works great for me. It lets me continue living without the pain while managing the headache at work or on the go."

• Chels...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 11, 2017

"I take this almost every 2-5 days, due to my unbearable tension headaches. This past time (I am Rx'd 2 tabs every 4-6 hrs) I took my entire daily taking which is what, max 12? and I took them all but staggered, and I ended up in the ER with a shot of Naloxone from overdosing on the butalbital. Not sure naloxone works on barbs....but they gave it to me anyway. I was so out of it I couldn't see or talk right. I'm someone who takes benzos..or used to, that is, so I can handle that type of feeling. BUT....at the end of the day, this medication DOES work for tension headaches and helps me sleep, the caffeine in my opinion is cancelled out by the butalbital. I take the non scheduled- no codeine- version- although I wish I was. id cut back on em."

• Anonymous
• May 13, 2010

"I tried this medicine today with no headache relief. I did get drowsy and all of the muscles in my body were completely relaxed, however I still had the migraine. Per my Neurologist recommendation, I waited 2 hours before taking Indocin. Still no luck. The only medicine that I have found to stop a migraine is Treximet, however that has to be taken at the FIRST sign of the migraine. Anything later and it is too late. I am glad Fioricet works well for some people, but all it does for me is causes drowsiness and muscle relaxation. I wish I could get migraine relief from it."

• Anony...
• April 26, 2017

"I like this medicine for tension headaches. It works fast. The bad side is, it makes me jittery and on edge. It must be the low dose of caffeine. I really don't know. But I take it as a last resort. I don't get sleepy or tired. Just a little "out of it" I know the caffeine is there to help, just wish it was lower. I also take ativan. Not at the same time, a few hours later. It gets rid of the fioricet jitters. Hate to have to take them both in the same day. I have to much to do, to put my brain in a fog, and my nerves on high alert. With my job I need to be focused. Can't take on a work day. Maybe it's time to try something else. But..this does work for tension. So if you can be at home, good headache med to take."

• R6Chick
• June 30, 2010

"I have gone through more medicines than I can count, looking for something that helps with my debilitating migraines. Recently my doctor prescribed Fioricet. What a relief to finally find something that works! The trick is to take the medication as soon as possible. If you wait until the migraine has gotten too far it does not help much."

• Anonymous
• October 24, 2010

"I've been dealing with migraines nd atension headaches for 21 yrs and now sinus problems. OTC medicines will work for a short time but I'd have to take them throughout the day. Fioricet is the only thing that will help with all types of headaches for me. I've tried Imitrex, Zomig, Indomethicin, Toradol, etc. and Fioricet comes out ahead of them all. Now I'm on Topamax, Elavil, and Fioricet to control my headaches."

• lazen
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 7, 2017

"Had a seizure for an entire day after not taking this. The situation was a headache, but migraine level, so maybe a migraine. Lights were overpowering, sound was too loud, I couldn’t focus on simply existing. So a hospitalist prescribed me this. After, I had the first seizure of my life, it lasted about half a day. My mother luckily was around the house, and noticed something was off, but it was hours into seizing that she realized what was happening. I awoke in the hospital restarained to the bed and no idea how I got there. If you take multiple medicines, stay away from Fioricet. Now at every hospital visit, I’m put safely with towels around the bed, and have no freedom to even walk. All because of this one experience. Beware of Fioric"

• NW49E...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 19, 2022

"I've suffered from migraines and tension headache my whole life. And the only two medications that could give me any relief were ketorolac (Toradol) and cafergot. But toradol is really only meant for 5 days spans due to bad side effects and cafergot insurance doesn't cover it any more and cash price is insanely expensive. So if it wasn't for fioricet it would be hard to deal with no pain control."

• Wayne
• September 14, 2021

"My experience with fioricet is that it lessens my headache but does not stop them and I end up having to take up taking more for relief. In my opinion it is not the most effective treatment, specifically for me. I am happy for those for whom it works."

• Anonymous
• August 24, 2011

"Helped tremendously with headaches but I am wary of how much Tylenol is in it. My doctor said no more then 4 a day. I take one because I worry about liver damage. It really takes my headache away but when it returns, I won't take another one. ."

• sara
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• August 23, 2023

"First, regardless of opinions and feelings, this is an addictive drug. Anything that gives a euphoric state, release of chemicals like dopamine and can't (shouldn't) be immediately stopped after consistent long-term use is. I've had a litany of medical conditions, abundant and odd enough to personally wonder if I could be a hypochondriac, my whole life (31 now)... since ~12 severe migraines. I was constantly pushing the extreme danger threshold of triptan frequency and had been through neuro-clinics, hormone treatment, everything. It was only after being admitted to the hospital -- roseola meningitis (yup, and no, I don't have AIDS), which was causing a massive migraine that literally immobilized me, that I was prescribed Escig. After a lifetime of constantly balancing prescribed controlled substances, I didn't really want to add another to the list. The risk/benefit ratio is simply too vital to ignore, especially when it cuts out a triptan/loss of a day and intense risk of stroke."

• Mande...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 21, 2018

"This literally took away a tension headache I had for 3 days within 20 minutes. I couldn’t believe how fast it worked. Nothing else has helped me in the past."

• lhilg...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• December 3, 2013

"The best medicine for my migraines and headaches. I never leave home without it. I can take a pill and keep going."

• MissS...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• June 15, 2018

"The only thing that works for severe headaches on the back and top of head."

• Suzy
• February 25, 2013

"This is the only medicine that gave me relief from migraines. I've taken Imitrex, Toradol and Tylenol, nothing works for me accept Fioricet! It prevented me from going to ER visits for my migraines."

• Migra...
• August 23, 2014

"This medicine helps! I would say it knocks the pain down of a migraine from a 10 to a 3 very quickly. Not sure what I would do without it."

• Jolene...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 27, 2015

"I get migraines 5 out of 7 days. This is the only medicine I have found that works so well. I get sick my head pounds horribly like someone if hitting me hard with a bat"

• Jolyn
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 28, 2018

"Only thing that works 90% of the time with no side effects. Now the VA will not dispense it even with my Neurologists prescriptions."

• nesegal
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• October 6, 2013

"Always gets rid of the migraine."

• Darth...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 25, 2014

"This works well if I take it when the Migraine is just starting. It will stop the migraine but I may still get a head ache but it wont be debilitating."

• Ash
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 4, 2013

"It works! My doctor said to be careful of it though and NOT to ever take more than prescribed. Follow doctors instructions and works great for bad headaches."

• Jenna...
• January 1, 2013

"A very effective medication without unpleasant side effects."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 6, 2012

"I have tried everything, Imitex you name it but I always come back to Fioricet so I'm sticking with itl It works wonders I love it."

• crystal...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 8, 2015

"I have been taking fioricet for about a year now for migraines. And it works great"