[altcognito]

I have gerd, and was like, I was wondering if this would make it easier for me to eat small amounts and not have as much heartburn... then I read this:

> As for side effects: I've had some heartburn, but none of the other commonly reported side effects.

And I looked up the less side effects, it is a laundry list of gerd symptoms.

I can confirm, these symptoms will help you lose weight, but I mean that tounge in cheek, I hope this drug helps a lot of people but doesn't have much in the way of side effects.

[windpower]

The heartburn has been quite minor, and only at night. Tums has been plenty for controlling it. (But I don't have GERD.) The heartburn itself is definitely not the cause of the weight loss for me, haha.

But intuitively it does make sense, because one of the primary effects of the drug is slowing down gastric emptying, so it causing heartburn isn't exactly surprising.

[sarchertech]

I just read through the side effect information.

Gerd was reported in 5% of Wegovy users compared to 3% in the placebo arm. It’s a risk but it’s not a huge risk.

Nausea especially in the first few weeks was more common, but it was only bad enough to cause <2% of people to discontinue the trial.

[icambron]

One of the likely factors in my gerd issues is being about 20 lbs overweight, so I wonder how this balances out.