Re: Fioricet vs. Vicodin for Migraine in Pregnancy

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Dr. M

At Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Lynn wrote: >
>Hello,
>I am currently 8 weeks pregnant with my second child. I normally get
>migraines a few times a month (when I am not PG), which respond well to
>Fioricet. When I am pregnant, my migraines increase to several times a
>week - last time they were pretty bad into the middle of the second
>trimester, when they thankfully decreased. So far this PG they seem to
>be resuming the same pattern. Plain Tylenol unfortunately does not
>touch them, so I end up resorting to prescription meds when the pain is
>severe and other measures do not work. I remember that the last time I
>was PG (1.5 years ago), I read that Fioricet was not used during
>pregnancy and saw on one drug reference page that it (or barbiturates in
>general) was/were thought to possibly cause brain tumors or other issues
>in the baby. Have you ever heard of this? My doc put me on Vicodin
>instead...which helps but it is stronger than plain Fioricet and doesn't
>seem to do as good of a job with the headache. I am allergic to
>codiene, so that isn't an option. If you had to resort to one of these,
>which would be your choice in my situation? Thank you very much in
>advance for any help.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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