GLP-1s got me burpin'!

MounjaroDad

MounjaroDad

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Anyone else dealing with a lot of gas? I'm burping all the time now. If I recline for a short bit, I burp when I get back up. On injection days, it's the WORST sulfur smell and taste. Otherwise, it's just regular burps. I'd love to find something to make it stop.

I tried some gas pills from the drugstore but they didn’t do anything.

There's a deep dive on sulfur burps timeline where people compared what worked for the injection-day sulfur smell — worth a read if the drugstore gas pills did nothing for you either.
 
Someone told me to try d-Limonene and it really helps me. I usually take one or two a day. The gas and burping are much better, and when I do burp, it tastes like oranges instead of rotten eggs. I'd much rather have the citrus flavor! 😄
 
Try taking a small amount of apple cider vinegar. It tastes awful but helps to neutralize your stomach and has stopped the terrible smell when I've had them.
 
I never experienced these sulfur burps until I started my injections. I learned two things: 1). I never tested positive for a certain gut bacteria until I started taking my medication. There could be a connection for some people. My theory is that for some, something about taking the medication activates this bacteria. 2). Whatever is causing the sulfur burps is bacterial. One pill of a certain antibiotic took care of the smell. Not the burping. The burping seemed to disappear with medication for the gut bacteria. However if you can stand the burping but not the smell, a common antibiotic should take care of the smell.
 
I've been injecting since August '24. I had a bunch of side effects at first, but now I'm down to a lower dose. Hardly any side effects now, but when I do overeat (like last night, big family dinner) I was on the toilet all night with a sore stomach. High-fat foods don't seem to mix well with delayed digestion!
 
Five months injecting and I'm learning the hard way about what I can and can't eat. Some weeks are great, some weeks have awful gas and burps. It's never ending. Anybody else feel this?
 
Georgie_73 said:
Five months injecting and I'm learning the hard way about what I can and can't eat. Some weeks are great, some weeks have awful gas and burps. It's never ending. Anybody else feel this?
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Yes, it can take awhile for your gut to adjust. Your stomach doesn't empty as quickly, so some foods will cause more issues than others. Try to increase your fiber and stay hydrated.
 
my stomach was surgically shrunk to walnut size in 2003. back then i measured meals with a cough syrup cup. but here's the thing—the body adapts. 23 years later i can eat half a pizza. reducing stomach size doesn't guarantee long-term weight loss.
 
GLP-1 burping is slowed gastric emptying trapping air - the reclining pattern is the reflux side of the same mechanism. Smaller meals and slower eating cut it significantly for most people.
 
omeprazole saved me. generic version is cheap and takes a day or so to kick in, but the relief lasts days. I had brutal reflux messing with sleep when I started tirz — omeprazole got me through it. over time I just didn't need it anymore.
 
Smaller dinners on shot day made the biggest dent for me. The all-day low-fat eating was less of a fix than people made it sound — what mattered was just less volume late evening. Took a couple cycles to figure out.
 
The vagus nerve response pattern - sweating, cramps, then bowel movement - is one of the more dramatic GI presentations on GLP-1 and distinct from typical nausea. It's essentially a vaso-vagal response to GI stimulation. Chronic constipation as a baseline plus the medication's slowing effect makes the eventual response more intense.
 
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