burps taste like eggs semaglutide Those unpleasant “sulfur burps” on GLP-1 therapy (semaglutide, tirzepatide) are more common than you think — and yes, they have a scientific reason. 👩‍⚕️✨ GLP-1 slows digestion to help with appetite control Ozempic sulfur burps and diarrhea:

doi: 10.7150/thno.21745 103

As your body adapts, its only logical to introduce more time, speed, or weight

Semaglutide uses a gradual titration schedule designed to allow the body to adapt to GLP-1 receptor activation and minimize gastrointestinal side effects

What follows is trans-autophosphorylation of tyrosines in the activation loop of the beta subunits, which raises kinase activity, followed by phosphorylation of additional tyrosines that create docking sites

Sugiura Y, Tamai Y, Tanaka H (1978) Selenium protection against mercury toxicity: high binding affinity of methylmercury by selenium-containing ligands in comparison with sulfur-containing ligands