Hey guys. I was recently prescribed the tension headache medicine called fioricet. It contains 50 mg of butalbital (a barbiturates) caffeine, and apap.
I get severe tension not only in my head but my whole body. I would like to be able to take these before bed but the caffeine kinda screws that up.
I know that caffeine is highly soluble in water while butalbital and apap aren't. So I tried crushing up the pills l..shaking them up in a water bottle.. Then doing a cwe which SHOULD filter out the caffeine but it doesn't work. I end up with only a little bit of the white powder left on top of the filter which again should be just the butalbital and apap. So most of it is obviously going through the filter. When I taste the water I can taste all the medicine (if it was only caffeine it would just taste bitter) and I have to drink it all just to get the normal effects but with the dreaded caffeine
Does anyone know how to get the caffeine out of these damn things? Ha Thanks
I get severe tension not only in my head but my whole body. I would like to be able to take these before bed but the caffeine kinda screws that up.
I know that caffeine is highly soluble in water while butalbital and apap aren't. So I tried crushing up the pills l..shaking them up in a water bottle.. Then doing a cwe which SHOULD filter out the caffeine but it doesn't work. I end up with only a little bit of the white powder left on top of the filter which again should be just the butalbital and apap. So most of it is obviously going through the filter. When I taste the water I can taste all the medicine (if it was only caffeine it would just taste bitter) and I have to drink it all just to get the normal effects but with the dreaded caffeine
Does anyone know how to get the caffeine out of these damn things? Ha Thanks