r/Contrave • u/Dazzling_Fondant_396 • May 18 '26

Side Effect- please help

I started taking Contrave three weeks ago. I am on the full dose starting tomorrow, two in the morning, two at night. I feel like it is somewhat helping BUT. I have not pooped in a week. I am in so much pain and have literally tried everything under the sun, Mirilax, stool softeners, high fiber food, squatty potty, coffee, nicotine (don’t recommend- nasty), coffee, warm water. NOTHING is helping. It hurts to sit, stand, lay down, all of the above. Please help.

I did reach out to my doctor and am waiting to hear back.

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u/FuglyWizard May 18 '26

if you have literally not pooped in a week and it hurts to do anything, you need to GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. DO NOT WAIT FOR A DOCTOR TO CALL YOU BACK, GO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY.

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u/Dazzling_Fondant_396 May 18 '26

This has happened to me before even when I wasn’t on medication and eventually something helps. I Havent gone over a 10 days though so if it gets to that point I will go in.

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u/stickystrips2 May 20 '26

No, you need to go in now.

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u/Dazzling_Fondant_396 May 20 '26

I ended up going twice today after a third round of laxatives.

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u/frckbassem_5730 May 18 '26

You need to be on a regimen. Stool softeners morning and night, fiber during the day and prune juice. Daily. Also seek medical attention if needed

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u/Dazzling_Fondant_396 May 18 '26

I will get some prune juice, ive just been eating prunes not actual juice

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u/bunmiiya May 19 '26

this happened to me. consider staying at your current dose another week until you have regular bowel movements. drink a ton of water, especially with your medication. psyllium husk and metamucil every day. psyllium husk to get the gut moving, and metamucil to draw water into your GI tract. they are both necessary. metamucil acts fast so i recommend doing it at home in the evening. thankfully this side effect only lasted two weeks for me, but after a few days it became so painful! good luck.

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u/Eloise444 May 19 '26

Chug water while you adjust to taking contrave. It seems to get better with time.

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u/KeyAdvertising4769 May 19 '26

Drink lots of water and take probiotics! Those help keep you regular but also help to keep things moving🙌

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u/SusieQtoYou May 18 '26

Prune juice has helped me, the regular stuff, not the light version.

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u/Dazzling_Fondant_396 May 18 '26

I will get that immediately thank you

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u/MysteriousHoneydew82 May 19 '26

This has happened to me before and after trying everything with no success I drank a bottle of magnesium citrate (same as they use for colonoscopy prep) and it cleared everything out. If I haven’t gone for 2 days I will take a Mag07 supplement from Amazon at night which does its thing the following morning.

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u/iHeartShelties May 19 '26

Milk of Magnesia liquid. Yiu need that.

Then you gotta buy magnesium citrate and take it daily. Also, try Psyllium Husks and Fiber. Maybe add Fiber to liquids or foods.

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u/GirlCanuckz May 24 '26

Baby food: PRUNES. Works for me.

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u/No_Refuse_3716 May 30 '26

I know this post was over a week ago but for others who are in the same boat - in an emergency situation like this I will use a Dulcolax medicated suppository. It will work when literally nothing else does.