"update 02/18/2016- i started taking contrave on december 18. my original review is here for comparison. in 2 months, i did lose 21-23 pounds ( my weight varied a lot with the scaledown program included with the medication). i am 5&#039;7&#039;&#039; and almost 58 years old, and my starting weight was 218 . i returned to my doctor&#039;s office today and my weight is 194. that&#039;s the good news.
the bad news is that i have developed persistent, severe nausea without vomiting. it never goes away, regardless of decreasing my dose or slightly changing up my jenny food.
because of the unrelenting nausea, i did return to my internal medicine doctor today and i was taken off contrave due to the severe nausea, which my doctor said is a common side effect. 
good health!"