Mounjaro - the constipation and sulphur burps have arrived!

[Elfie23]

Gross I know - but does anyone have any tips other than more water and fibre for the constipation? I’ve eaten loads of fruit and even managed a glass of prune juice (evil tasting stuff) and no result. Has anyone had to resort to laxitives? I’ve only been once in a week and while I’m not feeling desperate surely this can’t be normal?

And as for the sulphur burps - Eeeeewww!

I knew what I was getting myself into but I wasn’t expecting one 💩 a week!

I made myself green smoothies - so kale / spinach - some fruit and yoghurt each day to keep things moving and lots of water

small high protein meals helped and I found staying at 2.5 helped to reduce the side effects - and stop the sulphur burps and nausea
I found avoiding / low carb meals helped a lot too

but drink loads - I think I had 4/5 litres a day

Take psyllium husk. You can buy it as a supplement.

What has helped me is:

Psyllium husk supplements and magnesium citrate supplements.

A daily glass of prune juice. I know it doesn't taste great so I just have a small glass, cold out the fridge and drink it as quickly as possible.

Make sure you're eating fibre. If I feel my fibre has been low I will eat a bowl of bran flakes with raspberries.

I took two of the Boots own brand senna tablets last week as despite going daily I felt I wasn't fully "emptying" and that did the trick in a reasonably gentle way. If you haven't been in a week you probably do need to do something now to make yourself go, and then focus on the water and fibre for an ongoing preventative measure.

Constipation was the bane of my life when I first started in October and felt like I had tried everything including magnesium citrate, psyllium husk (made me worse even with drinking 3 litres a day), prunes, prune juice, dried apricots, kiwis with skin on, gross tasting teas, nothing worked.

The likes of senna, Dulcolax and Duloease helped but not enough, suppositories are a god send for occasional use, but Movicol has been a godsend and it took me 5 months of experimenting to find something that works for me. I took 3 sachets a day for 3 days, then dropped to one a day, I now have one sachet every other day and it’s worth every penny!

we are all so different which is really frustrating - I did also discover (in the early days) that overnight laxatives take twice as long to work if not longer, I expect that’s due to slowed digestion? But I took dulcolax (pico liquid) three nights on the trot as I was convinced it wasn’t working - bad mistake!

good luck!

I've had both side effects (diarrhoea more than conspitation though) and I feel your pain! I eat two dried apricots and two dried prunes a day (spread out, not in one go), 2 peppermint oil capsules, and a ginger supplement. Hope you find a remedy that works for you.

Senokot helped me. I find Dulcolax too abrasive.

I found the constipation largely went away after about ten weeks.