Looking for people who are trying out Contrave? Thoughts? Is it working?

bradstone68 wrote: »

If anyone is using Scaledown do you know how to change your goal weight?

I know you set your text preferences in "Account Settings" Maybe goal weight is there too?

krenlw wrote: »

I have been taking Contrave for a couple of months now and had very little success. I've lost roughly 7 lbs. My problem is that I haven't taken it regularly. More often than not I only take 2 pills per day. My complaint is that it makes me sweat like crazy, it's 68° in here I'm sweating! I am going to try taking the 4 a day every day this week and see what happens.

LMAO, Giiiiirl I am so happy to hear this! I have been sweating like im sitting in a sweatbox! LOLOL

amberly006 wrote: »

Just an update, Im 2.5 months in and 27lbs down! Woot! How is everyone doing?!?

Certainly not as good as you! Ha! I started taking it on June 7th and I'm just down a couple of pounds. I haven't gained, but I'm certainly not loosing. I'm counting calories and everything. I even do Jiu Jitsu twice a week. What the heck?!

Very interesting that you are not taking Contrave, but the 2 pills that make up Contrave. I'm on day 2 of Contrave. The only side effect I've experienced last night was insomnia. It wasn't too bad, but I had it. Good luck to you!!

amyniceneasy wrote: »

Hello,
Yes...Its a new FDA approved diet pill. Yes..I know its not a magic pill. Have you tried it? Is it taking the "edge" off the hunger and cravings like its supposed to?

Yes, I am currently on Contrave. I haven't had any side effects, and it is not a stimulant based drug. It works on the pleasure center of your brain where dopamine is released. It's geared towards helping people whose relationship with food is more addictive rather than speeding up the metabolism. You need to meet the criteria of BMI, it's not for people who need to lose 10, 15 lbs, it is for people who have a BMI of over 30. I have not been taking it long, but it my craving for sugar is greatly diminished, and I find sweets to be overpowering. Since it isn't like phentermine it won't work if diet and exercise are not being worked on. It is a cocktail of two well established as safe drugs that have been around and have been found that in combination work to reduce feelings of hunger and cravings. There are potentially a lot of side effects, I haven't had any but that doesn't mean you won't. You can't drink alcohol, or take pain meds, because one of the two meds in it is used for treatment of addictions. If you have any questions about my experience on and you don't want to post publicly since asking apparently gets your skewered for not doing exactly what the some other fitnesspal member tells you must do, feel free to privately message me. Good luck to you.

Hi I'm on my 3rd week of contrave and so far no side effects but also no weight loss. My question though is this. Has contrave messed up anyone's menstrual cycle? I'm currently 5 days late and I'm pretty regular. There is no possibility of pregnancy so I'm thinking it has to be from the medicine. Anyone else experience this?

My first posting...April 30th I weighed 283 pounds in my physician's office (not my personal "best" but close). Today I weigh 232.6 pounds. I have lost some 50 pounds in roughly 13 weeks using Contrave. I have no idea why this particular mix of chemicals has worked so well for me (and not as well for others). I think one clue is that I also stopped biting my nails - a behavior I have exhibited since I was a small child. Maybe my overeating (and nail-biting) was part of some sort of compulsive behavior that this combination of drugs has resolved.

Took my first dose of contrave this morning! Hoping I don't have many side effects and that the pill works for me like it has worked for so many of you!

are u eating with the dose?

I noticed that if I eat a fatty meal I feel nauseous after I eat.
I had a bad headache the first day I took it. Still on my first week tho day 4.

bradstone68 wrote: »

If anyone is using Scaledown do you know how to change your goal weight?

I don't think there is a way to change your goal weight; it looks like it is calculated based on your "Survey" data.
I guess you could adjust (Edit) your Survey and work the system to adjust the goal weight.
Personally, I turned off the daily notifications; too many reminders.
but it is a nice scale.

I'm in the middle of my second week. Hoping for a change soon too.

Happy to have found this discussion. I gained 20+ lbs following the death of my son. I started walking 3-5 miles daily as a form of therapy but couldn't loose any weight. My Dr. had me use myfitnesspal to record everything I ate for 3 weeks, and because it syncs with FitBit she could see I was walking. I was following the Amer Heart Assoc. diet which may have kept my heart healthy but did nothing for weight loss. Dr. put me on Contrave, I'm on week 3 and I've lost 5.6 lbs. I've been eating low carb foods that may have helped with the weight loss. I am post menopausal 16 yrs due to cancer so I can't blame the sudden hot flashes on that-and after reading through the posts I see many of you have them as well. I had bouts with nausea but learned for me it's better to take pills about half an our after eating. No problems sleeping.

I am reading through here and see a lot of similar reasons to mine for trying this. Just right above (loser_wanna_be) said exactly what is an ongoing issue for me: all or nothing mind-set. If I can't be perfect, I just tend to give up. Even though I KNOW I do this, I still do this.

I was very excited (and a little nervous) to start. Yesterday I took first pill in morning. Mid afternoon I had stomach ache. That was main thing. Perhaps I was slightly dizzy later in day? Dunno.

Last night had really awful night. I had very bad episode of reflux (I have bile reflux ... slightly different than acid reflux). I am on the lowest possible dose of Prilosec (lower than OTC - doctors writes prescription) because my reflux is mostly mild and I have iron issues related to higher doses of Prilosec. 95% of the time, the dose I am on works fine. Every once in a while, I have a horrible reflux attack - and it just happened to be last night. I don't *think* it is related to Contrave. Anyway, I didn't sleep well because of the reflux thing and I woke up feeling like I have the flu or a hangover -- muscles ache, stomach upset, fatigued. I am unsure about taking second dose today.

Also, I have a big, important work day on Wednesday which also involves travel and will be with another person. Worried I will have upset stomach or some other reaction. I am thinking of waiting until Thursday and starting that date. I am so eager to start NOW, but I think the smarter thing to do is wait -- give myself time to recover from whatever causing today's woes and not interfere with work on Wed.

I would like to sign up for Scale Down program but don't see where on the website to enter RX number. I see it says to do this but I don't see how/where. I can login but don't see the place to enter the number. Also, I don't even know what the program is.

And yeah, of course losing weight is all about eating less, moving more...healthy choices, etc. This ain't my first rodeo. I've lost significant amounts of weight twice before - different ways each time. I've really tried making better choices, moving more, etc. I've looked to past success to try to re-create. My body and life are different now. However, my doctor discussed idea that brain chemistry is a real factor in this realm. People can tell you all they want that you just have to do x, y or z....but they aren't living in your body, they don't have your circumstances. I'm not going to tell a diabetic person to just make more insulin, so I am thankful that an option to address weight loss via neurotransmitters and chemicals is an option.

It now has been 6 days since starting contrave and I have lost 6 lbs. I have been logging my food and exercise everyday. The food has not been perfect, I think the exercise has helped. I did have 2 beers last night without much dinner and ended up with really really bad heart burn! Of course I do get heart burn a lot (more and more things cause it the older I get) so it is difficult to say if that is what caused it or not?? My Dr. did say not to drink much with it but I had wine on Sunday without bad heart burn. But I now know I will not have alcohol without food again! I know I sound like I have drinking problem but I do not...I have just had tons of company and meals out! It will cool of after summer when I go back to school...I am a teacher.

I have tried to make healthier choices alone with watching my calorie intact. Obviously I had not been completely successful I would like to eventually eat 80% well and 20% OK...read a book, "on Target Living", lots of great information. I do not think I would I could ever conform to all the suggestions in the book but the main one is to eat less processed food and with that comes less carbs...huge enemy of mine! If you saw my last post I stated that I could not just do a little...I did it ALL!

Good Luck to all trying to lose with or without contrave!

If your pill has a score line in it, then you can cut it in half. If not, then no. Here is why. Unscored pills have their ingredients mixed together, and then they are pressed into pill form. The medication can be in any part of the pill, but not uniformly.A scored pill has all of its ingredients equally mixed in all parts of the pill.