Yes, burping is a very common and expected side effect during the first 4-8 weeks of GLP-1 therapy as your stomach adjusts to slower gastric emptying
Wegovy, which has the active ingredient semaglutide, is a brand-name injectable medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2021
Disclosures The authors Saman Tauqir, Momina Israr, Bushra Rauf, Muhammad Omar Malik, Syed Hamid Habib, Fawad Ali Shah, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Asif Raza, Inayat Shah, Haroon Badshah, Ehtesham Ehtesham, and Mohsin Shah have nothing to disclose
Furthermore, in the study of the neuroprotective effect of mesenchymal stem cells on the regulation of oxidative stress on retinal nerves, it was also found that the expression of GPX6 was upregulated (Usategui-Martn et al., 2022)
Taken together with prior work that established the cardioprotective effect of citric acid cycle intermediates, this evidence implies that the treated myocardium is better-equipped than that from non-treated hearts for energy generation in the ischemic environment
