Itching From Contrave (Page 4) (Top voted first)

I have been taking Contrave for three weeks and have developed itching on the insides of my hands and the bottoms of my feet. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Yes! I am on my third week and my feet are extremely itchy. I have looked to see if this is a side effect, but not found anything.

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Re: Chris (# 43)

Hi. I'm taking the two drugs separately & am having the same problem. I can say for certain the itching is due to the Naltrexone.

From the start, I was prescribed 1 wellbutrin SR a day. For Naltrexone, in weeks 1-2 I took a quarter of a tab per day. On week 3, I increased to half a tab per day & this is when the itchy hands & feet began. I'm also noticing some hives and hand/foot swelling as well in week 3.

Antihistamine & heavy creams helped with the itching but I'm going to drop back down to the lower dosage of Naltrexone. Hopefully the lower Naltrexone dose will still be effective for weight loss bc I didn't experience any side effects in the first 2 wks.

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Re: Tori (# 59)

My only relief was Benedryl, but who wants to be on different Medications?!

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Re: Tori (# 62)

So glad I found this forum. I started contrave 3 weeks ago and now that I'm on 2 and 1, I suddenly felt itchy bumps on feet, scratched through the night and then hands had bumps were itchy. Hivy rash on my arms, neck, boobs, scalp, itchy all over. It's horrible. Sometimes the hive/rash is straight line on my arm. I'm going to stop taking it and try back to 1 and 1. See if I itchy again.

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I am off it completely and as of last 7 days I am free of itching.My doctor gave me a cream for all of the welts on my lower back and arms.I hadn’t noticed that I caused all those welts and scars in my sleep. I am motivated to be good to myself and follow the Paleo diet.

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Re: Tori (# 65)

Did anyone restart contrave and take a lower dosage after they stopped itching from the 3-4week dosage?

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