How to take Contrave

Taken escalating over four weeks to the maintenance dosage. Everything below is quoted from the FDA label rather than summarised, because a dosing instruction restated twice stops being the label and the detail that goes missing is always the number. What this page adds to the label is the part the label has no reason to carry: what a mistake costs.

How do you take Contrave, and what does getting it wrong cost?

On a missed dose the label is specific rather than permissive, and the window is short — the exact wording is below.

What the label says

How to take the tablet

Swallow CONTRAVE tablets whole so that the release rate is not altered. Do not chew, divide, or crush tablets.

A missed dose

If a dose is missed, a patient should wait until the next scheduled dose to resume the regular dosing schedule.

Read from FDA prescribing information for CONTRAVE on 2026-08-28. Labels are revised; the date is there so you can tell how old this reading is. Information only, not medical advice — dosing is a decision for the clinician who wrote the prescription.

Taking Contrave, answered

What if you miss a dose of Contrave?: If a dose is missed, a patient should wait until the next scheduled dose to resume the regular dosing schedule.

Last updated 2026-08-28 — the FDA label this page quotes