Lots of us have that issue and hate it! Here's what I do. I drink lots of fennel tea - I didn't like the taste at first, but mix 50/50 with peppermint tea and it tastes a lot better (make it strong - I use a couple of tablespoons of each for about 12 oz of water). After you've had it a few times you really start to like it! It will not cause bad side effects - and it really, really helps. But start drinking it first thing when you get up to help prevent the gas from forming in the first place! This is key! Then take a thermal coffee mug of it with you to class. Drink it all through the day if you can. Also, have you tried the peppermint caps? It has a little fennel in it also. My doctor says that a lot of the gas is caused by stress - your intestines are spasming, you're swallowing too much air, etc. So try and do deep breathing and relaxing things throughout the day too. If none of that helps at all, you can talk with your doctor about Levsin - it's one of the anti-spasmotic drugs that Heather talks about on her website. I have it around for times that I just don't want to be embarrassed - like dinner at a friends! If you take the Levsin a couple of hours before you eat (or at least 1 hour) it really cuts down on the smelly gas a lot! When my doctor gave it to me for the intestinal cramps I get with IBS, he said it will also help with the gas because it relaxes the intestines.
Hope that helps, and take good care! Oh, and don't waste your money on those charcoal filters for your underwear - they totally don't work! The smell just goes around it! 
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