Who else is taking contrave pills?

babyrko wrote: »

So I just started taking the pill on Sunday and I immediately started noticing a big decrease in my appetite

So what is going to happen when you stop taking them and your appetite comes back?

babyrko wrote: »

elphie754 wrote: »

babyrko wrote: »

So I just started taking the pill on Sunday and I immediately started noticing a big decrease in my appetite

So what is going to happen when you stop taking them and your appetite comes back?

I don't know, but for now I'm using it to help me help myself out lol and I can't say much its day two and I'm looking for someone who actually used the pill before.

First, I don't want this to sound lecture-y. I'm just putting out my opinion.

If you legitimately had trouble controlling your appetite before, and this pill helps you control it, and you've researched proper safe usage and side effect, preferably with a doctor, then you'll probably have some measure of success in losing the weight.

However, what others are saying is true. If you had an unhealthy relationship with food, as soon as the chemical crutch is gone, you may find yourself going back to old habits and find the weight creeping back on. It's not a foregone conclusion, but the pattern is common enough to raise concerns.

How did the weight come on in the first place? If it was a satiety problem, where you always felt legitimately hungry, you may have a hormone imbalance that you can combat with a change in diet (fewer carbs, more protein and fat, perhaps?) or with some kind of medication therapy in partnership with your doctor.

Did you eat out of boredom? If so, find a hobby (or hobbies) that you are passionate about. Reading, running, model building, hiking, dog training, drift racing, nuclear arms collection. Something to keep you from being bored.

Was it emotional eating? Do you eat when you feel sad or depressed? Do you eat as a reward for feeling good? These are things that you should probably seek professional advice on. It could require medication, or therapy, or something else entirely.

I wish you luck, and hope you reach your goal weight successfully. I also hope that in 10 years you've managed to stay happy and healthy.

babyrko wrote: »

I honestly thought with this pill I will learn how to portion control , actually I don't eat a lot, my only issue is that I can live on a bag of chips or for some reason I can not eat all day until 6pm hits and I start to crave a lot Of things

If you're used to eating like this, what you're craving is fuel. An appetite suppresant isn't going to teach you portion control. It's going to keep you from eating at all. As someone else said, not to sound lecture-y, but it doesn't sound like that's what you need.

I pick up my prescription this afternoon. I would like to share my experience with you once i start.

I am troubled that in the MFP Community when someone asks a direct question they get so much feedback that does not answer the question. If you don't agree with taking the pills then why comment? She made an educated choice with a health care professional that has personal data not given here.

Not trying to be mean just saying that if you don't believe in persons method that is fine but maybe we should just carry on instead of tell people they are going about it wrong.

I have not taken Contrave. I have, however, taken diet pills in the past. I took Redux back in the 1990's before it was pulled from the market, having lost about 60 pounds in 6 months. I later gained it back and then some.

In February of this year I got a prescription for phentermine/topiramate. I found it mildly effective at appetite suppressing. I felt kind of loopy for about 2 weeks and then the side effects went away, except for altered taste - Diet Coke became extremely metallic tasting and so I quit drinking it.

I quit taking the drugs in June.

I fully support the use of appetite suppressants under the supervision of a doctor. The biggest problem that people have tried to lose weight is resisting the hunger. The hunger is a defense mechanism your body throws up in response to detecting lowered Leptin levels which is a result of lowered fat levels. Most people cannot deal with the hunger for very long and then go back to their old way of eating.

I like the short-term use of appetite suppressants because it helps in a few ways. First of all, it gets you to see some success in weight loss which is extremely confidence-building and gives you a concept that you can succeed at weight loss. Secondly, it helps you learn portion control if you log your food. You can now see the kinds of portions of things you should be eating and you can stick to it because you are not hungry. But most importantly it staves off binges where you just say, "screw it" and blow the diet, which sometimes just leads to permanently staying off the diet.

There are tons of people on this forum that will berate you for using appetite suppressants. They will belittle you as being "too weak" or "not having enough willpower" to lose weight without them. Ignore them. There is nothing wrong with admitting you don't have enough willpower to stay hunger all the time. Most Americans don't, which is why most Americans are overweight in spite of spending billions each year trying to lose weight.

Believe me, if there was a safe and effective pill I could take and it would give me an olympic athlete body, I'd take it in a heartbeat and not worry a minute about all the people who decried the fact that I used a pill to get it. That's what medicine is for, is to mitigate biological shortcomings. So I embrace medicine.

All drugs have side-effects and you need to stay on top of them with your doctor.

The problem you may have is that when you stop taking the drugs the hunger will return, and it's easy to backslide into the old ways of eating. However, hopefully by then you will be encouraged by your success and not want to lose your progress. Also you will know how to eat to achieve the results.

babyrko wrote: »

My goal is to lose weight. I have a trainer 2x a week and I cardio 3-4x a week.

This is my second day on this pill and I noticed immediate change in my appetite , I could care less if I eat or not. But as soon as I took the pill I noticed the following: little nauseous, dry mouth, don't care for food at all but I still eat cause I know I need to eat, and lastly the most annoying part is I can't sleep well, 4hrs is max of sleep I have been getting on this pill.
I have been meaning to go see my doctor before I start my second week on contrave and ask him if I can keep it at one pill until I feel like it's not working.
What do you guys think? How do you guys feel about the pill? Tell me anything that you feel like I need to know, thank you!

Did your doctor give this to you? Do you know anything about it? the laundry list of side effects?

Some young people have thoughts about suicide when first taking bupropion. Your doctor will need to check your progress at regular visits while you are using Contrave. Your family or other caregivers should also be alert to changes in your mood or symptoms.

The safety and effectiveness of this drug in combination with other products intended for weight loss, including prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and herbal preparations, have not been established.

Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222. An overdose of this medicine can be fatal,especially if you also take a narcotic (opioid medicine).

Overdose symptoms may include confusion, extreme drowsiness, fainting, and weak or shallow breathing (breathing may stop). [\quote]

Like seriously this sounds like the worst kind of weight loss pill, please PLEASE STOP TAKING THIS RIGHT NOW!

To be fair, the last two warnings were "don't take with any other diet pills" and "if you take too much, it could kill you" but you could say the same thing about OTC analgesics.

The first warning was in regards to suicidal thoughts, and many drugs have this potential side effect, if you dig into the literature. It doesn't mean everyone will, just that there was a statistically significant (read: still tiny) amount of people in trials who experienced them. I'd guess some people who sign up for prescription weight loss drug trials could already be predisposed to suicidal thoughts with or without the drug.

Exactly. You could go read the warnings for ibuprofen and come away with the same sky-is-falling advice.

Talk to a doctor, as you are doing to get your prescription. Be aware of the side effects and monitor for them.