BUTALBITAL vs DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SACCHARATE

Any idea why Fiorinal is considered a controlled substance while Fioricet is a legend drug? The only difference is aspirin vs APAP, both have 50mg of butalbital. Help me out here fellas, what am I missing?

Edit: it appears that according to multiple answers butalbital can be extracted from aspirin significantly easier than apap can, giving it the federal C-III status

Working at a pharmacy I found those and neither have codine codine. Why is one a C3 and the other not?

Hello good people, Per Lexicomp, fioricet should not exceed 6 tablets per day. No mention of weekly or monthly limits. I have heard, but can’t find the source, that using fioricet more than 5 days per month can lead to medication overuse headaches. Does anyone know where the weekly/monthly limits

The only information I can find at the moment is on the Pharmacist Letter which states that the topic is still up for debate. Are your pharmacies going to continue dispensing their remaining inventory after the change? Here is the excerpt from this month's Pharmacist Letter discussing the change: &g

Is anyone else running into software issues with butalbital? FDA proposed a rule in April 2022 to remove the exempt list and return all to control status, however this hasn't been signed and made official. Manufacturers have started putting the CIII marking on bottles, so they must be treated as suc

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My girlfriend suffers from TMJ and is a serious problem for her. She’s 40F, 5’5” 140lbs. She does not smoke and has no medical conditions other than her TMJ. The only medication she takes is Butalbital, which were prescribed for her migraines. The migraines, which she feels and has recently been tol

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