Eggy Burps with Victoza use?

I am a medical doctor and I have been using Victoza myself for about four months. I want to share my own experience with the side effects and how I deal with them.
Nausea and vomiting are common in the first days and you can avoid it by reducing the amount of food you eat and adding to its calorie in the first few days, and specially the first day, until the drug starts working and reduces your appetite. Some anti-emetic drugs like Ondansetron can help with it too.
Secondly, the main reason for diarrhea and sulfur burps is over-eating and eating when you are not hungry. So the best way to avoid it is to avoid eating until you feel hungry. and if you feel tired and dizzy eat a chocolate or something sweet to rise the blood sugar level.
Don't worry, it works ;).

I had the same problem. And there was no controlling them. Mid sentence BELCH! And clear the room. I also still have bumps at injection sites 8 years later.

thank goodness for google i was getting worried about the excessive chest wind and the smell when burping so much so that i almost stopped the Victoza this site has restored my faith now i realise it is a normal reaction i can get on with it. Victoza has brought my bloods down from the 18 to 25 range down to under 10 average 7.2 which is fantastic i seem to have so much more energy and my eyesight is improving also i am losing weight so thank you Victoza wish my diabetic nurse had warned me of these side effects as if i read all the side effects of all the different drugs i take i think i would never take anything (not a good outcome) my question is is there anything i can take to counteract the chest wind or clean the digestive system as i also suffer with diverticulitis and think this may worsen the condition . any comments would be appreciated many thanks Ralph

Mug: I wouldn't worry about that. I don't think they would design a drug that would allow food to "rot" in your stomach. Besides... Mother Nature KNOWS what to do. I was on my way up to the 1.8 dosage and only made it up to 1.44 before having "sulfur" burbs ( and gas, too ! ) I also began to experience raging diarrhea. I called my physician and he told me to STOP the Victoza for 2-3 days and to go back to my previously tolerated (1.2) dosage. It all worked out fine. My interpretation from reading the posts here and from my experience is that some people experience
( biologically & or metabolically ) their "limit" at different dosages.

I have been taking Victoza (1.2 dosage) for almost 3 months and have none of these side effect... no burps, no diarrhea. I take 2 teaspoons of benefiber each day and think this may have helped with any constipation. Perhaps it is related to the food although I have been eating a "normal" ie my regular diet which does not include onions or garlic due to sensitivity. I have lost weight (about 6 pounds). I also eat fairly small meals and snacks so perhaps limiting quantity might help?? Good luck guys... keep that blood sugar low and level.
About the burping due to air ingestion - this can be correct. My husband (not diabetic and very healthy) has this problem and is a burper for sure (but not smelly ones). He seems to take in air when he eats - took me a while to get used to his mealtime burping. :)

I'm thinking the benefits outweigh the side effects. Other medications that have been around most of my life have caused the nasty egg burps in the past. When I started having them a lot I was concerned and that's what brought me to this site. Victoza caused severe headaches for me the first month but it was because my sugar was dropping rapidly. This is the first medicine I've been on that has lowered my numbers so that I'm not afraid to eat. I'm wondering if anyone has skipped heart beats though?

I just started to inject 0.6 yesterday and i already have all the symptons everyone has listed on this blog. Diarrhea, gas, nausea all are terrible! My doctor wants me to increase my dosage to 1.2 at the end of this week but im not sure i want to. Do these side effects go away or at least become tolerable? I was on Trulicity until my insurance stopped covering it and went through similar issues but not nearly as severe.

14 days in and I’m scared to move up to 1.8 which I’m supposed to do now. My stomach feels bloated and I’ve been burping all day and I wonder if it was because I didn’t eat much all day yesterday and then was starving and ate McDonald’s burger and fries. I’ve been burping these little burps all day and my stomach feels queasy. I don’t want to inject but going to. I am overdue for my period as well so not sure if that’s part of it. Anyone been on victoza and feel normal or is this the new normal?

I have had the same problem with the burps, gas & nausea. For the nausea I am taking dramamine and that really helps! Has anyone found something that can get rid of this gas?

I have those as well. They are annoying. And now that I know what causes them yes, I’m concerned

Thank goodness at first I didn't connect the increased dose with my onset of the eggy burps and massive farts, I found pepto helps temporarily, a few days ago after throwing up a lot it stopped for a few days but came back lastnight, I've started to carry dryer sheets with me so when I cover my mouth to burp I can blow the air through it (most think its a kleenex) so as not to disturb my office mates, odd but effective...

I started Victoza about 8 weeks ago. I didn't notice anything wrong until about the 4th week when I was up to the highest dose on my pen - 1.8. I was having rotten egg burps (sometimes followed by vomiting) as well as diarrhoea. I honestly thought I had the stomach bug until I experienced this every 2-3 days and nobody else in my house was getting sick. I made an appt with my primary and also happened to email my endo who told me this WAS due to the med. she suggested stopping for 2 days and going back down to .6. I just stopped taking it altogether out of fear of experiencing this again. I can't be "down" like that with 3 kids to care for.

Oh my word it makes me feel so much better reading yalls responses. I *hate* it when the burps start. I feel that mine start when I haven't gone to the bathroom in a few days. I take a gentle laxative to help and Pepto tablets. Once it was so bad I threw up-the worst time ever. I love that it makes me feel full, but these burps make me so nauseous.