Contrave - Has anyone had severe abdominal cramps from this medication?

I have been on this medicine for 4 weeks. No issues, I take morning and night with ginger root supplement pills to keep nausea away. I woke up this morning had severe lower abdominal pain. It would come and go like labor pains. Stomach so bloated and hard, felt tender to the touch, doubled over couldn’t walk or stretch out. Only thing that helped was hot bath and slowing my breathing down. Got back into bed made myself calm down and go to sleep. Woke up hour later and have mild soreness and tons of gas. To be fair I did drink a full glass of lactose free but not fat free milk this morning. I think if you consume anything fatty, any sugar or any alcohol this is the side effect. You have to eat really lean and clean with this medicine. I’m not taking it anymore. It didn’t help with my appetite, or cravings. I haven’t lost a pound. I have been eating pretty clean and walking a ton. It’s really not worth it. Hope this helps someone. Good luck.

Hi, I am on week 5, had to go home from work today. Each week my pain has gotten worse, along with huge gas and burping, has increased, the stomach cramps today, made me dry reach, sweating, tired. I found my headaches and extra dry mouth went away at end of week 4, week 5 has come with dizziness, light headed and i would pass out nearly. I have back pain and I have had a need to do release my bowels, once I do this, it seems to relieve some pain, also I was scared that I was going to have diarrhoea.
I am not sure if it stops, the pain I mean but, the gas has increased and burping. I hope to get to the end of week 5 and have no gas,pain or other.
I can't eat fatty food at all, I literally run to the bathroom and throw up, milk is bad too and I am down to very basic bland food, to get me by. Mood is very calm apart from the pain etc..
Hope this doesn't scare you, I have lost 5 kgs, from not eating or wanting bad food. So I will update each week if need be.

The first 3 days I was perfectly fine. On day four I woke up at 2:30 in the morning with severe upper abdominal cramping. It lasted until about 10:30 am. I thought it was safe to eat, thinking it might have just been a slight case of stomach virus. So, I had a mild 1/2 cup of mac and cheese. As soon as I finished the big cramping started again. Now... last night I had made guacamole and ate about 1/2 cup. Beginning to wonder if the higher fat content sets off the severe cramping. I've only taken 4 doses so far. No diarrhea, and no vomiting, just cramping in the upper abdomen. But, the pain makes me a little nauseous. How many of you think high fat foods and the abdominal cramping are related? I've searched for information about what NOT to eat while on Contrave - but I haven't really found anything helpful. I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

Yes mine hurt daily after I take them

Yes this is still around for me and I have been on it 1 year. I have lost minimal weight . It works in the beginning like most drugs but you plateau and you can’t up your dose more than 4 a day. Yes it’s for cravings away but it stops working cause your body adjust. Headache is also still there. Lost 5% of body weight in first 6 months now nothing - not worth long haul

I was on Contave last year with really good weight loss results (over 30 lbs). However I stopped because of the dizziness I was encountering. I restarted it 4 months ago and within the last 2-3 weeks the horrible stomach cramping and change in bowel habits has started again. I remember this from last time but didn’t associate with the Contrave use at the time. Has anyone had a delayed onset of cramping and if so, does it ever go away? I’m down 20 lbs and am so happy with the weight loss, but these cramps are debilitating, especially when they strike and I’m not at home.

Yes, depending on what you eat you will have this. I first started taking contrave last year. Within 6 months, I lost 30 lbs. The first month was hell because I would always have severe stomach cramps and diarrhea. Since you are supposed to cycle contrave after nine months, and wait 3 months to get back on if needed, I did. I just started back on contrary to lose the remaining 30 lb and I am having severe stomach cramps sometimes .

I started doing it the second week and diarrhea and i dont want to eat.

NO. I have been taking it for almost 3 years, I lost over 80 lbs. in the 1st year and have been using to help maintain that lose. However, I am now starting to titrate off of it now as I have noticed some hair loss. Now I have enough hair for 6 people, but would like to still not be able to see my scalp. :)
Coming off you do need to step up the watch as I am battling a 5 pound swing , but still holding my own.

I have haven’t, but in the first month of taking it I had mild flank pain, mostly nagging. By month two all side effects had subsided. You should definitely speak to your doctor about it.

Had no problems whatsoever for the first month. On approximately the 6th week I was at work and suddenly started having abdominal cramping so severe that I thought I was going to die! I locked myself in the bathroom and now was shaking and cold sweating profusely! Then I started passing a ton of stool filled with bright red blood. Now I was sure I was going to die! I’m not a complainer and have an extremely high pain tolerance but this was worse than anything I had ever experienced ( even induced labor without anesthetic!). After about an hour the cramping became less severe and I was able to come out of the bathroom. Then about every two hours had mild cramping and passing smaller amounts of blood. I didn’t put two and two together until I came home and read about the side effects of this drug. I WILL NEVER TOUCH THIS DRUG AGAIN!. I am scheduled to have a colonoscopy tomorrow to see what damage has been done and was severely chastised by my doctor for not going immediately to the ER!

Yes I was actually looking if this is a symptom even I found your post. My stomach feels hard and similar to cramps but more like a did 100 crunches, basically sore.
I'm one day 3 of taking 1 pill. I felt a bit nauseous yesterday and threw up a bit.