Contrave And High Fat Foods (Page 2)
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I ate a high fat meal (stuffed baked potato) tonight and am wondering when it is safe to take my evening dose of Contrave. All the warnings say is do not take with a high fat meal. Well, how long do you have to wait? There is no information on that! Has anyone heard?

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Re: Mama (# 30)

I see some of the list posted. I will post the rest.

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- Lean meats are Beef USDA or tenderloin, round steak with fat trimmed 1oz
- Fresh ham, candian bacon, tenderloin center pork loin 1oz
- Lamb 1oz
- Veal 1 oz
- Chicken or turkey (white meat / no skin), Cornish hens (no skin) 1oz.
- Fresh or frozen cod, flounder, haddock, halibut, trout, tuna (canned in water/oil) 1oz.
- Herring fish uncreamed or smoked 1oz
- Oysters 6 medium 1oz
- Salmon, catfish 1oz
- Sardines canned 2 medium
- Duck or pheasant (no skin), vension, buffalo, ostrich 1oz.
- Clams, crab, lobster, scallops, shrimp 1oz
- Cheese with 1 gram of fat or less per oz, fat-free (or low-fat 4.5%) cottage cheese 1/4c.
- Fat-free or low-fat cheese (with 3 grams of fat or less per oz) 1oz.
- Processed meat with 1 gram of fat or less per oz (boars head) deli thin, shaved meat, chipped beef, turkey 1oz.
- Egg whites 1 boiled equal 2 white equals 1/4 cup of egg beater
- Grated Parmesan 2 tbsp
- Hotdog (with 3 grams of fat or less per oz) 1oz
- Processed meat (with 3 grams of fat or less per oz) 1oz

I eat 6 oz from one listed above a day.

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Mama,

I will have to type everything. Give me a moment, it will take some time and probably multiple posts

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Thank you so much! I am excited to go grocery shopping...weird

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Mama,

I totally forgot but will post as soon as I get home in about 20 mins

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CKS,

Are you able to post the food list? It would be a huge help for me. I'm unsure about what to eat.

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CKS,

That would be so awesome! Thank you! I haven't had any problems to date but it's only my first week!

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Mama,

Hello, my doctor gave me a list of foods to eat while taking contrave. I will try and post them in the morning.

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Any experiences with healthy fat foods? Avocados, eggs, cheese, nuts, olive oils? Just trying to get a good grocery list of ok foods. Thanks in advance

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UPDATE...I'm on my 2nd week 2 pills twice a day and still have not had any problems. I'm down 9.4 lbs. My daily meals are breakfast 4 boiled eggs no yolk or I make omlete with lean taco meat lunch salad with cut up baked chicken breast with homemade dressing dinner has been the same salad or fish with cauliflower and broccoli. I've had steak and broccoli and so far I'm doing great. Today I will see my doctor since starting the pill

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JH (# 5) -

Hi. I ate a high fat meal before reading these and realizing it was a bad idea. About to start week 3 and had not eaten a high fat meal until yesterday. I had a burger that had bacon and fried onions on it..... I payed for that. Really bad headache and nausea. I hadn't really had much side effects before that. On the positive side those symptoms will definitely make me think twice about eating like I used to!

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I just started taking this med. I have not had any problems in the morning I take it and eat 4 boiled egg (no yolk) and drink a whole bottle of water.

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I actually took my medication with a high fatty meal and ended up in the bathroom for awhile. It will definitely make you rethink and I dont think a baked potato would count for high fatty meal.

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Hi Bonnie, does age play a role? This is my third day and I am nauseous and dizzy...I take it with food and it just doesn't help.

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Hi. I stopped my first round of it because it made me sick and very agitated. What you should do is slowly decrease your dose down until u get to 1 a day then take the 1 a day every other day .

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I know thisxis an old post but maybe my comments will help someone. I spread my contrave out into three doses. When I take two at a time I get sick. So my body only needs two or three a day. I only do three if Im out of my normal element so I dont over indulg. I been on it 6 months and Ive lost 50lbs.

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Day one of my Contrave experience:

I ate apple slices and a piece of beef jerky for breakfast (admittedly, an odd breakfast choice - but it was what I had at work,) drank a bottle of water and took my pill at 9am. Was nauseous by 11:00am and had to leave work early because of it.

Any recommendations on what to eat with this pill to help avoid feeling sick??

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Danger of taking contrace with high fat food percentage of having a seizure? What is too much?

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I have been on contrave for two weeks and one day. I am up to the two pills in the morning and one before bedtime. Can I stop this medicine cold turkey? Thanks!

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I have been on contrave for two weeks and one day. I am up to two pills in the morning then One at bedtime. Can I just stop this medicine cold turkey. I havent lost any weight and feel awful all the time. This isn't the medicine for me. But will it hurt to just stop? Thanks!

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