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Long-term stomach problems from being on GLP ones for 3+ years
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Hi @bodhi57, welcome to Connect. Your comment caught my attention because, although I haven’t taken a GLP-1, I also lost quite a bit of weight and noticed other symptoms and changes happening at the same time. It can be difficult to sort out what is related to the weight loss, a medication, or something else.
It sounds like you’ve been dealing with significant diarrhea and gas for months and have already tried quite a bit, including a low-FODMAP diet and over-the-counter medications to manage the symptoms day to day.
Have you talked with your primary care doctor or a gastroenterologist specifically about the continuing diarrhea and gas? If so, have they done any testing or talked with you about whether the GLP-1 is causing the symptoms or what else might be contributing?
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@jlharsh
Thanks for your support. My pcp of many years retired in January of 2026. He encouraged me to begin Ozempic in 2024. I could only tolerate the lowest dose due to vomiting. I did lose around 70 lbs. when I saw him in January of this year, right before he retired, we discussed me going off glp1 and his response was it was the best drug and that I should continue to use it for the rest of my life. Glp1’s were going to cure many diseases. A week later I got his retirement letter.
We struggled to find a new pcp. Had to wait 6 weeks to get an appointment. New doctor is very nice, but focused on general health care. I am a diabetic type 2. My A1C at the time was 5.7. His response to my blood work was he said we’d work on lowering my A1C. For a diabetic my understanding is that anything below 7 is good. He suggested that taking metformin was the cause of the diarrhea.
Anyway, I’ve not had good luck with health care.
When I went to the emergency room for dehydration in connection to a kidney stone, (which had been evaluated by a urologist), they recommended keeping me overnight & hospitalizing me. No rooms were available so they parked me in a room used to store extra equipment turned out the lights & locked me in. Finally at 3 am I beat on the door to get help. A nurse came and told me I could sign myself out.
This is just a bit of the medical mishaps I’ve experienced. So I am very reluctant to throw myself into the medical system for endless tests & possibly unnecessary procedures that I don’t want.
I’ve spoken to many people in my same situation that have been through a battery of tests with no definitive diagnosis. I am frustrated and looking for answers.