How to take Contrave
Taken escalating over four weeks to the maintenance dosage. Everything below is quoted from the FDA label rather than summarized, because a dosing instruction restated twice stops being the label and the detail that goes missing is always the number.
How do you take Contrave?
On a missed dose the label is specific rather than permissive — the exact wording is below.
What the label says
How to take the tablet
CONTRAVE should be taken by mouth in the morning and in the evening. The tablets should not be cut, chewed, or crushed.
A missed dose
If you miss a dose of CONTRAVE, wait until your next regular time to take it. Do not take more than 1 dose of CONTRAVE at a time.
Read from FDA prescribing information for CONTRAVE on 2026-09-12. 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.
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Taking Contrave, answered
- What if you miss a dose of Contrave?
- If you miss a dose of CONTRAVE, wait until your next regular time to take it. Do not take more than 1 dose of CONTRAVE at a time.
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Last updated 2026-09-12 — the FDA label this page quotes. Read and dated by Alex Seot.