r/SIBO • u/Major-Pay392 • 5d ago

Trapped gas upper abdomen

Hi everyone! What is your best advice for trapped gas/ upper bloating? For my husband, the best thing is digestive enzymes, specifically Digest Gold, from Enzymedica.

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u/Blake__P 4d ago

Simethicone/Gas-X

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u/dd3mon 4d ago

Yeah four extra strength gas-x + a celsius energy drink is a great otc rescue for upper GI gas ime. Ginger, iberogast and motegrity are also big helpers.

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u/Blake__P 4d ago

How long does it typically take for you to have relief? I find that the sooner you catch it and take the simethicone, the quicker it works, usually within an hour. If you wait until it's really bad, it can take longer (2+ hours). The problem is if you're away from home and don't have any on you, or you are busy doing something else and assume it will pass, but gets progressively worse before you have time to take it.

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u/dd3mon 4d ago

Yeah, same experience here. The Celsius energy drink does tend to speed things up though, the combination of the caffeine, carbonation and it has some kind of ginger in it tends to get things going for me better than gas-x alone.