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Contrave for Weight Loss
About Contrave
How contrave works
Contrave is a prescription weight-loss medicine that may help some adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or greater (obese), or adults with a BMI of 27 kg/m2 or greater (overweight) with at least one weight-related medical problem such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or type 2 diabetes, lose weight and keep the weight off.
Contrave combines 2 medications that together reduce hunger and control cravings to help you lose weight and keep it off: bupropion HCl and naltrexone HCl.
Both medicines have well-established safety profiles and have been prescribed by doctors for other conditions for more than 30 years. However, the individual medicines in Contrave are not approved for weight loss when used on their own, and Contrave is not approved to treat depression or other mental illnesses, alcohol or opioid dependency, or to help people quit smoking.
Contrave targets 2 areas of the brain that cause hunger and cravings.
Hunger happens when your brain tells you that it needs nutrition, and that any food will satisfy this need.
Cravings happen when your brain wants specific foods, even though you may not feel hungry.