Esgic?!?

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ok... HELP!! I've got a pt. for tomorrow who is taking Esgic-plus prn headache. Ok, I guess it's an analgesic, but.. I can't find it ANYWHERE!! PDR doesn't have it, did an internet search.. nothing! Does anybody know anything about this stuff?

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Found this info Here:

http://www.ama-assn.org/special/migraine/treatmnt/drug/esgicplu.htm

ESGIC-PLUS

Marketer: Forest

Prescription or OTC: Rx

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Barbiturate + analgesic. Butalbital 50mg, acetaminophen 500mg, caffeine 40mg; caps; scored tabs.

Indications: Tension (or muscle contraction) headache.

Adults: 1 cap or tab every 4 hours as needed.

Children: Not recommended.

Also: ESGIC Rx

Butalbital 50mg, acetaminophen 325mg, caffeine 40mg; tabs; caps.

Adults: 1-2 tabs every 4 hours; max 6 daily.

Children: Not recommended.

Contraindications: Porphyria.

Precautions: Drug abusers. Severe hepatic or renal impairment. Depression. Suicidal tendencies. Acute abdomen. Elderly. Debilitated. Pregnancy (Cat.C). Nursing mothers: not recommended.

Interactions: Potentiation with alcohol, MAOIs, other CNS depressants. May antagonize oral anticoagulants, antibiotics, steroids, tricyclics.

Adverse reactions: Drowsiness, dizziness, GI disturbances, depression, confusion, paradoxical excitement, dermatological reactions; respiratory depression, hepatotoxicity (overdosage).

How supplied: Plus Caps-20, 100, 500

Plus Tabs-100, 500

Esgic Tabs-100, 500

Esgic Caps-100

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Thank you, thank you!! So basically this is Fiorinal by another name (Fiorinal by any other name would smell as sweet.. oh no, I guess that's humanities, isn't it..)

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