Did Lyrica take away your fibromyalgia pain completely?

May 5th, 2013

I have been taking 300mgs a day for several weeks, and it has taken away all but my lower back pain. My muscles are still stiff, and this one feels like it just shouldn’t be working. Hurts constantly. I take 1 to 1.5 Tramadol and 2-4 Ibuprofen together for it, and it still hurts. Just [...]

not using my medication for its intended purpose?

April 19th, 2013

I am 18 weeks pregnant and I have a prescription for Zofran. I’ve had it for about a month. I don’t use it for that though. I use it as a sleep aid as it generally helps me sleep but I don’t use it every night. I don’t use it more than once every 12 [...]

Anyone had a BAD reaction to Elavil or Amitriptyline?

April 5th, 2013

My son was prescribed Elavil (generic name Amitryptilene) to control on-going headaches. He took 25 mg. daily for approximately three weeks with no relief. He seemed more irritable on the medicine but we thought it may be irritability due to the headaches. The doctor then increased his dosage to 50 mg. daily on 3/11/08 and [...]

I’m having serious issues with staff at a residential care faculty?

March 29th, 2013

A women who is a CNA at the large group home I’m been in for 6 weeks, she got mad that I wanted my PRN for migraines called fioricet. She says she is going to fax my doctor to get me taken off of my narcotics. I wrote a grievance letter to the director, but [...]

Pharmacist refused to give me perscription perscribed by OB?

March 25th, 2013

I am 18 weeks pregnant, and I have been getting constant horrible headaches through out my entire pregnancy. I take regular strength tylonal but it does not help at all, so my OB perscribed me fioricet. I went to pick up my percription from the pharmacist, and when she was talking to me about it [...]

Is it normal to see stars before having a migraine?

March 13th, 2013

My boyfriend suffers from migraines. Sometimes he sees stars/spots or he loses control of his eyes (like they go crossed or something, I’m not entirely sure) before he gets migraines. Is this normal?? Or is there something to be worried about? He is going to the doctor in a couple weeks but right now I [...]

Any suggestions? 13 weeks pregnant with migraine?

February 18th, 2013

I have had a headache for 6 days now, 3 of which have been a migraine. I have been out of work for the past 2 days. Tylenol was not helping at all, so yesterday my Dr. prescribed Fioricet. I have taken 3 doses and it provides SLIGHT temporary relief but the pounding just comes [...]

How do you get rid of daily migraines while being pregnant?

February 7th, 2013

Hi, my girlfriend is 13 weeks pregnant. She is suffering from daily migraines. How can a help her get rid of them and can someone assure her that she can take medication if necessary. Chosen Answer: There is a new development in migraine therapy: http://www.neurologyreviews.com/feb04/nr_feb04_foramen.html but it might have to wait until after the delivery. [...]

Headache for three weeks. Need MAJOR advice.?

January 7th, 2013

I have had a headache for three weeks now. I went to a doctor yesterday for them to not be able to diagnose me. They then gave me Fioricet to relieve a tension headache, which they had already confirmed it was NOT. So they gave me medicine for nothing. I tried it anyway and it [...]

How can I help my friend get clean?

January 3rd, 2013

My best friend is addicted to fioricet and Vicodin (both strong pain killers). She has been for 7 years now. She has lost all of her friends except for me and also lost her fiancée too recently (this has made things MUCH worse. She has overdosed a few times before. She has been living with [...]