Not Yet Adjusting To Contrave (Page 2)
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Into my second month on contrave. I have experienced every side effect. Irritable, ringing ears, vomiting, lack of libido ect..ect. I have lost weight but at a high price. I hope hope hope my body will adjust to this torture.

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I have had the same experience getting into the third week. I stopped the medication. I would rather be overweight than bald!

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I just finished week three, three pills a day and have felt horrible the whole week. Nausea, headaches, horrible dizziness. Week one was great with lots of energy and eating less. Week two wasnt bad, a few headaches. I'm going to try to back down to two a day and see how that works. Maybe even down to one a day to see how that lasts.

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YES. I just got up to the 4 pills and my hair loss is obvious. I already have thin hair from menopause. I have been using Rogaine for years and despite that, the hair loss is profound. I may be thin at the end of this and I may be bald, too!

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Hair loss. I have been on Contrave for 2 months and my hair is falling out in leaps and bounds. Is this because of the Contrave

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Hi. I have only been able to take 2 pills as well. The nausea has subsided but sometimes i feel like the pill is stuck in my throat. I have had some bouts of heartburn from the pill and on some days find I am vomiting as well. None of these symptoms are constant and sometimes I have no problems at all. As for constipation, i take a stool softener every day and that has totally gone away. Give it a try. Good luck

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I think I am losing my hair too. I have never had a problem with hair thinning before. It has always been fine, but I have a lot. I started taking Contrave in March and within a couple weeks I noticed my hair seemed to be thinning out. I have been taking it for about 2 months and since then, I'm losing about twice the normal amount of hair in the shower. People have started asking me if I got my hair cut because it's visibly thinner and appears shorter (it's curly). It never even occurred to me until today that it could be this stupid drug. I haven't even lost any weight. I am stopping it immediately.

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I believe I am one of the people who have had a horrible reaction to Contrave. I have been on the drug for approximately 4 weeks and had horrible reactions when trying to up my dosage. When I increased to 2 pills, I was unable to sleep. If I slept it was not soundly and this continued for 2-3 weeks in addition to increased heart rate, soreness in my arms,sweating and hot flashes. This week I attempted to increase my dosage to 3 pills daily. After my reaction last night, I have decided to return to Belviq. My heart rate and blood pressure was uncontrollable and I had a complete full on Anxiety Attack. The weight loss is not worth the stress this drug put on my body. I will not even try to acclimate to this drug any longer. I am done. Luckily I have a scheduled doctors appointment tomorrow and I have not take any dosage today. Cold Turkey cannot be any worse then the past 24 hours.
Just my experience.

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The increased hot flashes are from the elevated blood pressure

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They do suggest one full month of birth control pills before they become fully effective. That way you are sure you didn't ovulate during that time period. Any bouts of diarrhea , vomiting, or use of antibiotics can hamper the effectiveness rate and is why it does have a 1% failure rate. As for contrave, I'm 5 days in and so nauseous. Im not hungry at all, and almost afraid to eat anything. I hope this isn't a long term thing. I only need to loose 40 lbs, so I hope it goes fast.

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On contrave and beginning my 3rd week . I did not feel great on the 3 pills a day and have gone back to 2 which my md had told me I could do. Seem to be doing ok on that amount. Horrible constipation from drug and awful dry mouth. Any suggestions to help manage these?

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I just started my second month on contrave (past the titration stage). I have had all of the symptoms above at one time, but not all at once. Ringing in my ears, swollen watery eyes, nausea, cold sores in my mouth, little bit of the shakes, and taste differences. None of them were severe or debilitating; just inconvenient.

I've lost 21 pounds so far. Contrave has almost completely knocked out my appetite for grease. I can go by a Wendy's now without stopping. I'm type 2 diabetic, so I gave up sugar years ago. But I didn't give up fat nor grease. Not only am I using Contrave but I'm also using some other tools.

1. Scaledown (free scale and 3 months of service with contrave prescription).
2. Calorcount (caloriecount) It's pretty awesome for looking at what you eat. Getting an "A" means you have to eat within the daily recommended allowance for fat, protein, and carbs.
3. Workout - I workout about 3 times a week.

In all fairness, I was working out before, but I had a bad diet. Contrave *Does* have several side effects, but IMO, it's been worth it for me to kick the habbit of bad food. My hopes are when I reach my target weight to titrate off and keep all the good eating habits I developed.

Contrave will not do it for you, IMO. If it did everything for you, when you came off, you'd gain all the weight back. Somethings I must do for myself.

For any that are experiencing side effects, call your doctor and make sure that they are aware. If you can deal with the side effects (mine are just minor inconveniences), Contrave will give you another tool to lose weight.

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Yes!!! A week ago I spotted for a day and now I'm having a heavy period that I'm not support to start for another week

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I ended up weaning myself off the Contrave. Too much hair loss, irritability, ringing in ears, and headaches. Going through the withdrawals was awful! Been off now for 2 weeks so we'll see how that goes. Lost 39 lbs while taking it and have gained 4 lbs back so far.

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yes hair loss, strange smell, shaky tremor, hot flashes been on it for 5 months lost 34 lbs… I am going back to 3 pills a day to see if it helps.. It took me a long time to get through the symptoms when I first started taking it. But they are not as bad but the smell thing and shaking are making me very uncomfortable about this med.

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Has anyone experienced hair thinning or loss while taking contrave? I've been on it for about 6 months now and hair is definitely thinner. Trying to figure out if it's the cause or something else going on.

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Have any of you experienced an early period?

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Hi Jody, I never mentioned the birth control thing...maybe David did??? I laughed my butt off with the eye roll comment :)

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Toby, I was hot flash free too until Contrave. It must have been a side effect that didn't happen to anyone while they were documenting the rest.

And Kelly, does your doctor know about your side effects?? They sound way to severe to continue. You might see if you can split the med out (Naltrexone/bupropion) to see what is causing your reactions. Or try something different. Don't make your life miserable.

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I have been taking Contrave for three months. I've lost about 57lbs, but at a cost. The following side effects are taking its toll on me.....losing my hair, blisters, body twitches and a strange metal taste in my mouth. I will be 56 and not sure if this is worth it. I weight 257 and have more to go but I'm going to stop taking Contrave as I need some normalcy back in my life. Thank you.

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Jose, just about everything you wrote is absolutely, completely false. No potential for addiction in fact the opposite. Drug cost no more than $75 with Eisai coupon. Responders lost over 5% of body weight in 12 weeks. Also, improved HBA1C independent of weight loss has been exhibited commonly. Get your facts straight...

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