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What is Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine?

This is a barbiturate combined with aspirin and caffeine used for the relief of the symptomatic complex of tension or muscle contraction headache. Brand name is Fiorinal® which contains butalbital 50 mg, aspirin 325 mg, and caffeine 40 mg

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Headaches 9 1 Efficacy_moderate
Migraine headaches 8 2 Efficacy_moderate
Migraine 5 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Pain 2 1 Efficacy_major
Other 2 0

See all 24 patients currently taking Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 3
None
 3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine

Fatigue 1
Sleepiness 1
Overly talkative (talk too much) 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine. See all 11 dosages ►

  325 mg-50 mg-40 mg as needed 325mg-50mg-40mg as needed 350mg as needed 50mg as needed mg as needed 2 325mg-50mg-40mg as needed 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily 400 mg daily 2 x 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily 4 x 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 38%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 13%
Expense 1   Expense: 13%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 13%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 13%
Other 1   Other: 13%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0
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Stopped Taking Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine

Always
 3 50%
Usually
 3 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 6 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Butalbital-aspirin-caffeine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 3 100%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.