Butalbital (generic Fioricet)

  1. Fioricet remained one of the few pain medication available for online order in US.
  2. Federal law requires that “A prescription for a controlled substance to be effective must be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of his professional practice” (21 CFR 1306.04(a)).”
  3. That fact is, that most meds including Fioricet or Butalbital are not “controlled substances” and that makes them legal to order or buy on the internet.
  4. On the Internet are only less than 10 US pharmacies from where you can order. If the Federal Government would have a legal case why aren’t they shut down?
  5. Why some states had to come up with their own legislation to ban and enforce the sell of internet prescription drugs to their citizens if a federal low exists? Here is a list of states where internet meds are not allowed:
  6. To comply with the federal low all this distributors eliminated the sales of “control substances” like: Ambien, Sonata, Phentermine….and continued their business.
  7. Even if the quality of the medication you are ordering is not a concern, you should never take prescription medication without consulting a physician.