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Fioricet with codeine

Butalbital Compound With Codeine (butalbital, aspirin, caffeine, and codeine phosphate) is supplied in capsule form for oral administration. Each capsule contains:

codeine phosphate, USP 30 mg (1/2 gr) Warning: May be habit forming.
butalbital, USP 50 mg Warning: May be habit forming.
caffeine, USP 40 mg
aspirin, USP 325 mg

Codeine phosphate occurs as fine, white, needle-shaped crystals, or white, crystalline powder. It is affected by light. Its chemical name is 7,8-didehydro 4,5alpha-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6alpha-ol phosphate (1:1) (salt) hemihydrate.

Butalbital, 5-allyl-5-isobutyl-barbituric acid, a white odorless crystalline powder, is a short- to intermediate-acting barbiturate. Its molecular weight is 224.26 and its empirical formula is C11H16N2O3.

Caffeine, 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine, is a central nervous stimulant which occurs as a white powder or white glistening needles.

Aspirin is benzoic acid, 2-(acetyloxy)-, with an empirical formula of C9H8O4.

Patients should be informed that Butalbital compound with Codeine contains aspirin and should not be taken by patients with an aspirin allergy.

Butalbital compound with Codeine may impair the mental and/or physical abilities required for performance of potentially hazardous tasks such as driving a car or operating machinery. Such tasks should be avoided while taking Butalbital compound with Codeine.

Alcohol and other CNS depressants may produce an additive CNS depression when taken with Butalbital compound with Codeine, and should be avoided.

Codeine and butalbital may be habit-forming. Patients should take the drug only for as long as it is prescribed, in the amounts prescribed, and no more frequently than prescribed.

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