Contrave And Suboxone (Page 3) (Top voted first)

I started today with my first dose of contrave, 1 pill in the AM. I also take suboxone 8mg (4 1 time a day). My doctor stated that the interaction of the two should be minimal..yeah NO! I got diarrhea, hot flashes, chills, body aches, and pretty much every withdrawal symptom known to man. I now dont want to take the contrave because I am not ready to stop the suboxone. Should I just stop the contrave and continue the sub? Or how should I go about this?

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I take Suboxone on a daily basis and I accidentally took a Contrave thinking it was something else. Now I am going through withdrawals immediately. Can I take another Suboxone to stop the withdrawals?

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Re: Susie (# 6)

Yes this is how they make $...they get people addicted to meds then the people are stuck on them for years & have to go to rehab to get off them. Please for your own sakes get off it all.

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Could contrave be taken for opiate "prevention" and or pain relief instead of taking suboxnone? Is it as difficult a withdrawal as getting off Suboxone? I have no desire to take any opiates, but I have bursitis, back pains, and also have extreme rls, restlree leg syndrome, which opiates or Suboxone relieve when nothing else has worked! If there was no withdrawal or return to rls, I would stop taking Suboxone completely.

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Can I take Contrave instead of Suboxone? I’ve been off opioids for many years.

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If you're taking both you are blocking each other out which is why you had withdrawal.

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Re: Ecorrell (# 3)

Because they both have a blocker and they cancel each other out

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Jorge

How long does the Contrave last? The withdrawal if you mix with subutex or lexapro??

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Re: Christine (# 17)

Can I take subutex with the Contrave? The suboxone with it made me very sick. I even went to the emergency room.

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Why would my doctor give me contrave and suboxone to take at the same time?

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Stop the Contrave!! I went through the same experience that you are going through. The suboxone is a more vital medication to me than a Diet Pill. I have tried every diet pill out there and the one that seems to work best with suboxone is Phendimetrazine Tartrate. I am taking 35mg tablets 3x a day. I promise it is much better!

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Re: Mandy (# 49)

because they don't know anything about addiction. plain and simple.

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Re: Di (# 8)

When I was a server in 2006 and I worked with 3 people that used to be addicted to pain pills. All 3 went on suboxone and all 3 lost a good amount of weight. Then I changed restaurants and some guy brought up suboxone and tells me he takes a very small amount. A "sliver" he calls it. He said he started to think much clearer and lost a good amount of weight as well. So I tried it and had the same results. This was back in 2012. The longest I was on it was 4 months I think and I felt ABSOLUTELY lethargic, scared, nervous, and shy (relatively speaking). So I went to the internet did my research, and realized this was it. One or the other.

My history: I was in a major car accident in which I fractured/dislocated T-9, T-10 of my vertebrae. Miraculously I retained functionality of my legs because my spinal cord remained intact. In this particular governmental webpage, it states retaining the use of your legs while surfing this life of injury is "frighteningly rare." I was well aware of pain pills and how they are very addictive, lead to abuse, and kicking the habit is very difficult. I noticed it numbed my emotional pain. That is the reason people abuse opioids. It numbs their emotional pain. In my case, I KNEW I was a likely candidate to be on suboxone because I knew I had the POTENTIAL to abuse opioids. So I weighed the pros and cons, went with the sliver of suboxone for confidence and weight loss...back I. 2012.

The reason one loses weight is because it curbs OTHER addictions as well. (These statements are my observations and theories.) The clearer head you get from it, the more confidence you get from the effects of the drug. With this boost in confidence one doesn't feel the need for emotional eating. The "sugar therapy" isn't needed. The "sex" therapy isn't needed. The "alcohol" therapy isn't needed. Does the drug curb the appetite for these things or does the confidence you get from it make you skip the emotional healing you used to get from these "vices"....after you get over the side effects at the beginning, a similar experience one goes through with not only every other drug, but with EVERY rehabilitation program, it gets worse before it gets better.

In my particular case, I skipped over the opioid addiction part. And all the other vices, I noticed, weren't needed as much. Since then, I DEFINITELY fought the stigma of being a suboxone user. About that stigma: There are two kinds of people on this earth....

1. Those that have endured traumatic situations, suffered the symptoms of PTSD, let it take its course, recovered (NOT FULLY) and moved on.

2. And those that HAVEN'T experienced traumas.

I theorize that there is DEFINITELY is a qualification of traumas, but it has to do with factors such as mindset, upbringing, details of the trauma, age the trauma happened, (most overlooked: TRAUMAS before age 3), support system, and this one:

TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS

So why doesn't everyone use opioids or contrave or whatever....the others that say, pain pills....."it just makes ME sleepy." Ok. Well, I'm willing to bet you haven't experienced emotional or physical traumas. This is what PTSD does. It puts a stamp on your nerves to remind you to be more cautious in the future. That stamp is a superpower, but most don't only know that THEY think differently and they don't want to think differently. I've endured 10-15 emotional and physical traumas. With my Christianity indoctrination I knew I'd make it, but things started getting tough when I lost my job, lost my brother, lost a coworker, and the total change of our political system I started to REALLY feel cracks in my mentality. I REALLY noticed how fake the NFL was this year and I researched it and this REALLY defined the superpower traumatic victims have hyper-observant tendencies. Now, if I may explain my theory UP to this point. Those that have experienced traumas say they are more "anxious" after their trauma. They hook right into this buzz word, anxiety and already feel defeated.

If you are reading this and can relate, please look up the meaning of the word "vigilant". It means, "always on the lookout for the next problem." This can be empowering while anxiety can be draining. The word vigilant is used in the word vigilante...aka superheroes, in the right context. So, those fighting back traumas, pain pill addictions, and anxiety and confusion, start here - Source: "12 Ways Hyper Observant People Interact with the World Differently". puckermob.com. Web.

Now in no way, shape or form is hyper-observant or anything I say here backed by anything (other than the articles I posted) this is all my observations and life's "detective work" I put together. Here is one more article: Traumatic effects on the brain. From a governmental website again...as you will see, with each trauma your memory is promoted, but your learning (pre-frontal cortex) is harder. Your ability to absorb info becomes more difficult.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181836

I call it being in "record mode". My memory has been described as "super-human". The memories were MOSTLY emotional. Events or situations that made an impression on me. {edited for privacy}.

I totally forgot what I was replying to... Oh, I know. The sugar craving. Try to investigate that feeling some more. Maybe go up a little in the suboxone dose you take one day, (if you can). You'll notice your craving for emotional eating will be curbed. Also, one's libido, which can be an equally good or bad thing will be more in control. You can and will get over this the longer you are on either suboxone or contrave...the same way you can get over the curbing of the food and sugar appetite. Thanks for your attention.

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Re: SuckaPlease (# 55)

And by ”my opioid receptor” you mean mu? Like the Greek letter that pretty much is equivalent to the our alphabet’s “m” or the first letter of “morphine”? Mu opioid receptor not your opioid receptor? Don’t correct folks unless you come correct SUCKA lmao but yea bens post about weight loss isn’t helping people who are trying to avoid medicine interaction here

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Re: klb68 (# 52)

N where do u live???? I know n the state of Tennessee they no way n hell a Dr wud prescribe that much of a diet pill... I wanna move 2 ur state lol

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Re: Dweeb (# 10)

So contrave has Wellbutrin in it? Is that what I'm understanding?

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Re: Missy (# 60)

The active ingredient in contrave is naltrexone and bupropion. The active ingredient in Wellbutrin is bupropion and Wellbutrin’s generic name is bupropion hcl. So, yep!

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I had been on oxy80, oxy 6p+10 separate pill to not move me all the way up, then on top of that I had roxy 30 to take 4 x a
Day, soma, Valium, as much of us know our script would never last the month and begins to control younevery thought / on you your Ming 24/7. The best thing I did was suboxone I took it for 6 months 4x a day the I went to subutex (cheaper) I have been in it for 4 years. I was a bad addict for 7 yeats and it didn’t start tht way it’s sneakt........ strongly suggest no more pain pills from the doct. Suboxone was the best thing ever!!! Well 2 years ago I got shot point plank in face, blew my jaw to Peices 8momths to recovery, doctor put me on everything before plus feyntenol I was scared to ge off again but I did it!!!! Now I take honestly 3 suboxone once a week, my doctor things I’m doing 4 a day..., but the problem I started contravene today first pill I have been off subutex for roughly 7 days and I have never had withdraw like this in years I just wanted to end it as before when the pain was s to much and not bing stopped it. My question I was off subtex for 7 days and still fell this way that’s a problem. And if I ban man up and deal for a few days how long is a typical withdrawal system take I want off everything but would love to lose weight. Score I complimented that mission..... 3-5 days kind oh standard

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Re: Big country (# 32)

The same thing just happened to me. What should I do?

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I took contrave and it does cause hot flashes and diarrhea. So tht could just b the contrave.

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Re: Di (# 8)

Exactly! Same thing here. I started filling out the info to order this and than I noticed that the bupropion was in it and the naltrexone. And than saw where it said that it was the same ingredients as in suboxone I could not imagine how this could be a weight loss pill. I have been on suboxone for year and have gained weight, never would I imagine that they would be calling this the new weight loss pill ! It definitely does not curb your appetite, Something does not jive here

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