Talk:Butalbital

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Is butalbital really scheduled in the U.S.? I thought it wasn't but maybe I'm wrong.

I'm not sure if it's scheduled or not. It is a barbiturate, and lots of them are scheduled, so I'm guessing it has a fair chance of being scheduled. I don't have a source for that at the moment though. David DIBattiste 08:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Finally found a source on that. None other than the DEA itself. Turns out it is... as for odd facts, on Fioricet atm, lol David DiBattiste 19:33, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fioricet Image

I'm debating adding Image:Fioricet.jpg to this article, but I'm thinking it might not be appropriate, as this is a photograph of a specific preperation, and not 'Butalbital' itself. I'd love to hear comments. --Overand 17:39, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, the article does say that it "is often combined with other medications" and in fact, it doesn't list a brand name for the "pure" drug. I think that as long as the caption says "Fioricet tablets", then it is clear to everyone and very welcome! --Colin 19:56, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I added this comment to the wrong page, it was supposed to to on Fioricet:Talk. But, the accepting attitude is nice, and I'll add it and see what the response is.

[edit] Article Expansion and De-Expansion

The article was recently expanded to include a lot of information that was both not sourced and in my opinion, not required (such as defining a half life and the active effects of a drug), and repeated side effects that were already neatly listed below. The edit was done above what had been there before, so I removed a portion of it, moved the half-life to the table to the right, and re-phrased the opening paragraph to incorporate some of the new information, which remains unsourced. Blahity 00:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Blahity here - This is a follow up - I've changed and sourced the half-life of butalbital information, but the article is still short and a lot of it is in question, as can be seen above. I don't have too much time right now, considering it's Christmas Eve... and I'm not a complete expert on the subject anyway. Is there nobody who knows more about this stuff who can help out this article? David DIBattiste 08:12, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know if it's used recreationally?

Not a clue... the barbiturates article says overall recreational use has gone way down in the past few decades, maybe that applies to this as well? David DiBattiste 20:25, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

It most def is, though popularity has gone down due to less availability since safer benzo's replaced barbs. --68.45.219.63 (talk) 01:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

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