"i started taking contrave on dec. 16. at that time, my bmi was over 31. i am 5&#039;7&#039;&#039;, femaile, aged 57, starting weight was 218. i weigh 194 this am on my scaledown program. i am also using jenny craig low- cal food program. my exercise is extremely light at present due to low energy. i expect this to improve as i learn to eat a bit more. very very happy with contrave, scaledown, and jenny craig. great support from md as well. no side effects at max. dose except a bit of nausea occasionally, correlates with extremely low food intake. ( much less than jenny craig recommends). ."