"i have been on contrave for 5 weeks now, started at 360lbs when i went to the dr. to get it prescribed and weighed in at 328 this morning, so down 32lbs. contrave is not a magic pill, unfortunately no such thing exists or none of us would be overweight or obese. however, what i feel it did for me was give me motivation, which is exactly what my dr. told me it would help do. i haven&#039;t been this razor focused on eating clean, lifting heavy and doing cardio in over 10 years. paired with morning fasted cardio, clean diet of 5 meals a day high protien/moderate fat/low-moderate carb, and 5x a week of weight lifting, contrave can be an amazing boost and the edge you need to actually want to stick with it. i have had zero side effects. stay focused"