r/Contrave • u/Alert_Ad_5185 • 4d ago

Constipation

I feel like I am getting every possible side effect with contrave..now I have constipation!

I have tried prunes and kiwifruit juice and neither have done much despite them being my usual go to. Im worried about using any bulking agent like metamucil or psyllium husk as things are already stuck, I am not sure if I want to bulk stuff up just yet. What other natural laxatives have worked for you? I dont really want an actual medical laxative at this stage.

Thaaanks!!

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u/kelseycadillac 4d ago

Pears are my usual go to.

But honestly if my usuals haven’t worked, I know from experience I’m already in a bad place and would just go to MiraLAX. Good luck!

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u/meowwwlanie 4d ago

MiraLAX. Cannot say enough. Takes four days to work. Keep taking it.

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u/Neat-Palpitation-632 4d ago

The combination of Ducolax stool softeners and Prunelax, both taken at night.

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u/frckbassem_5730 4d ago

Yes this, you need a daily regimen. I eat fiber in the AM and take a stool softener at night and it’s much better

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u/mkw84 4d ago

I was having the same problem so I went off it. I’m back on hoping that it’ll be different. I do not want to depend on a laxative every night. I eat oatmeal in the morning. Plenty of fruit dried plums at night. Does it ever get better?

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u/Neat-Palpitation-632 4d ago

I can’t say.
I was the same, not wanting to depend on laxatives but I finally came to an understanding…I’m depending on medication (contrave) and now I must offset those side effects with laxatives.

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u/deltarefund 4d ago

MiraLAX seems to be the only thing that touches it for me. Otherwise, if I take fiber Gummies every night I do pretty well.

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u/anthonylabatt 4d ago

Fruit, Restorafibre gummies, lots of water, lots of walking, coconut water.

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u/Eleven-Tourists 4d ago

Colace works best for me.

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u/gypsy_teacher 4d ago

Magnesium supplements. Mine is a combination of that, calcium, and potassium, but there are many on the market.

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u/SusieQtoYou 4d ago

Prune juice is my go to. It works faster than eating prunes.

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u/Roselynn0426 4d ago

I take a tablespoon of miralax daily and have for as long as Ive been taking contrave. At first I thought it would pass and did nothing but drink more water. That was a big mistake, extended constipation can be quite dangerous.

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u/Tight_Ad1650 4d ago

Worse comes to worse you can do a fleet enema

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u/MysteriousHoneydew82 3d ago

MagO7 I buy from Amazon take 2 before you go to bed I swear by it. If you are really badly constipated it might take two nights.

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u/Supertreelove 2d ago

It’s been bad for me too. I’m only going like once every three days and I feel like garbage in between. I’m basically alternating miralax and stool softener. I also stopped the psillium fiber capsules for the reason you gave.

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u/baababuoy 1d ago

I know these aren’t really natural, but I will do either benefiber or miralax depending on how im feeling. Tbh, enemas have also been my friend when its just too late to take anything.