aspirin/butalbital/caffeine (Fiorinal)

Introduction

Tradename: Fiorinal.

Contraindications

pregnancy-category D

safety in lactation -

Dosage

325 mg aspirin + 50 mg butalbital + 40 mg caffeine.

• 1-2 tabs PO every 4 hours.

Pharmacokinetics

elimination: liver > kidney

Adverse effects

see components

More general terms

• analgesic combination

Components

• aspirin (Ecotrin, Empirin, Bayer aspirin, Vazalore, ASA)
• butalbital; allylbarbital (Profundol, Sandoptal)
• caffeine (NoDoz, Vivarin)

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=98524