"i started taking contrave on march 27th and gradually stepped up my doses to the maintenance dose (2 pills 2x/day). right now, as of 6 weeks on the medicine i&#039;ve gone from 200 to 186 and am very pleased with the results. it doesn&#039;t diminish the joy of food when i&quot;m hungry, but i&#039;m just not thinking of food all the time, which is a huge help. also, i&#039;ve 100% cut out any snacking between meals."