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Burping on GLP-1 medicines: what helps

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Burping on GLP-1s

Sulfur burps, the rotten-egg kind, are a side effect people talk about online far more than they expect, and the label lists it as eructation.

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Why it happens

When food stays in the stomach longer, gut bacteria and digestion have more time to produce gas.

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When it shows up

Burping tends to be most common when starting treatment and after dose increases, the same window as other stomach side effects, which were…

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What helps

Eat smaller meals and chew slowly to swallow less air.

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What helps

Cut back on fizzy drinks and drinking through straws.

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Call your doctor if

Burping with severe or lasting stomach pain.

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Frequent burping, sometimes with a sulfur smell, is listed in GLP-1 label tables. It tends to follow larger or high-protein meals that sit in the stomach l

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