PCOS & Contrave MFP Members

cramernh

Good morning,
I wonder if there are other PCOS members here who are currently taking Contrave. Thought it would be good to see if there are others in the MFP community with PCOS who are taking Contrave. Please note: I am not asking for advice as Im currently in a study with my Endocrinologist. In working with an Endocrinologist and also working in healthcare with her, this has been a rather uplifting and eye-opening experience. Im actually documenting as I go to help give this specialist some really good data on the use of Contrave in PCOS with hyper-pituitarism. Hoping the data I collect in my own use of Contrave will help other patients that this specialist sees and so far, it is really favorable!

As of today, I am now six weeks in with extremely positive results. Started Contrave 2/5/2018 and as of my morning weigh-in today, I am down 16.7lbs. I have been cataloguing notes for my Endocrinologist as she works with some of the most aggressive forms of PCOS in other patients like me.

Found myself only having the initial symptoms in starting the medication of foggy-head and only increased thirst. The foggy head went away after 24 hours. Where Im already really good about my water intake, this wasnt really much of a difference for the thirst issue.

Last week was week 6, I was just getting into the 2/AM, 2/PM and found I had MAJOR constipation and the thirst issue was unbearable. The first two days of week 6 left me in the bathroom longer than anyone wants to be in there. So, I was immediately consulted to remove the fourth pill. Within 24 hours of that, I resumed normal GI activity and the hard-excessive thirst has gone away.

I have found in my cataloguing data that this drug in an aggressive case of PCOS is VERY detailed as far as the types of foods NOT to consume. Since day-one of taking Contrave, I have not have any alcohol as I do not want to be a risk for seizures. After a few years of trialing things with this PCOS case I have, it was determined that I had a misfiring pituitary gland more than we thought. Contrave is making a HUGE difference.

Sunbug5

So very neat to hear that you are part of this study. I will add you as a friend so I can follow your journey. I also suffer from PCOS. I just recently started a new supplement and a very low carb diet. We can compare notes