Wanting To Quit Taking Contrave (Page 9)
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I need to know how to stop taking contrave. Can I just quit cold turkey or do I wean off? If I wean off how do I do it?

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I'm on my second week of contrave and have had a sore, scratchy throat for several days. Is this a side affect. Also I'm having problems sleeping due to heart racing.

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I was looking up how to wean myself off of Contrave and found this comment on here. I've been taking Confrave for about a month or so. I just started the 2 pills in the morning and 2 pills at night dose Sunday (today is Friday). I've felt horrible all week since increasing it. Hot flashes in my face, horrible nausea, glands somewhat hurting in my neck right below my jaw, my stomach never feels right, always hurts a little. It gets worse if I haven't eaten in a while. As I eat, I feel better. As soon as I'm done, I feel nauseous again. I called the doctor and they said to go back down to the 1 pill in the morning and 1 pill in the evening. But with these side effects I've experienced and from what I've read, I really don't want to take it anymore. I also have experienced my fingers move involuntarily( kind of like my husband's legs with restless leg syndrome), which has never happened before and last night while trying to go to sleep my whole body jumped like that involuntarily twice. I was taking it for weight loss but haven't seen any changes after taking it a month. At this point I'd rather have the weight that not be able to function. Can I just taper off and quit Contrave or will that be even worse?

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Hello, Janice! How are you?

How long have you been taking it? Why do you want to stop it?

The FDA lists Contrave as being used to aid in weight loss and its typical side effects may possibly include nausea, dizziness, nervousness, insomnia and anorexia.

Have you consulted your doctor? It does require slow tapering for some people.

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