Reviewer: David Scruton, 35-44 on Treatment for 10 years or more (Consumer)

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This is just a warning. I have used creatine on and off for 20 years with great success for athletic performance. But I was recently put on trazodone by my doctor. Creatine - any kind of creatine (mono/nitrate etc) blocks trazodone from working, if you're taking trazodone for sleep I found out. Instead of sending me to sleep trazodone routinely kept me awake with a blocked feeling in the gut ... Show Full Comment

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This is just a warning. I have used creatine on and off for 20 years with great success for athletic performance. But I was recently put on trazodone by my doctor. Creatine - any kind of creatine (mono/nitrate etc) blocks trazodone from working, if you're taking trazodone for sleep I found out. Instead of sending me to sleep trazodone routinely kept me awake with a blocked feeling in the gut that persisted for around 3 hours if I had taken creatine earlier that day. No creatine and trazodone works fine. It is not entirely clear what creatine is doing to the gut chemistry/properties but if you are taking other drugs please be aware creatine may stop them from working properly. I can only vouch for this with trazodone. Mirtazapine seems unaffected by creatine.
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Reviewer: Verw , 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)

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Extended lung capacity and increased strength to lift when working out with high intensity. CrossFit. Used in conjunction with n'ject and high protein clean nutrition plan.

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Extended lung capacity and increased strength to lift when working out with high intensity. CrossFit. Used in conjunction with n'ject and high protein clean nutrition plan.
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Reviewer: 19-24 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Consumer)

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Results aren't worth the mood swing nor the on sudden aggression.

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Results aren't worth the mood swing nor the on sudden aggression.
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Reviewer: 25-34 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Consumer)

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I have been taking creatine monohydrate for 2 months now. While I have taken the recommended dose (i.e., 5 grams a day, without loading phase), I have experienced great results (strength gain and no side effects). However, during that period, I decided to double my daily dose. Soon I started experiencing side effects: extreme fatigue (not attributable to dehydration)and cardiac arrhythmia (namely ... Show Full Comment

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I have been taking creatine monohydrate for 2 months now. While I have taken the recommended dose (i.e., 5 grams a day, without loading phase), I have experienced great results (strength gain and no side effects). However, during that period, I decided to double my daily dose. Soon I started experiencing side effects: extreme fatigue (not attributable to dehydration)and cardiac arrhythmia (namely premature ventricular contraction -PVC). The PVCs occured in a isolated, but relatively frequent fashion (about 10 per day). I'm not sure if there was some kind of interaction effect between fatigue and PVCs. What I know is that I have always had irregular heart beat, and I guess it has played a key role in PVCs onset.
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Reviewer: EDB, 25-34 Female

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Track & Field Athlete who took this on/off for 2yrs while in college. No enhancement of performance that good, well-coached practices could deliver. For a sprinter/hurdler/jumper, it was unneeded water weight with a well-hydrating diet. It was "pushed" by then track coach on the whole team. I personally gained better results over the summers witout taking it. It has been 15yrs sinc ... Show Full Comment

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Track & Field Athlete who took this on/off for 2yrs while in college. No enhancement of performance that good, well-coached practices could deliver. For a sprinter/hurdler/jumper, it was unneeded water weight with a well-hydrating diet. It was "pushed" by then track coach on the whole team. I personally gained better results over the summers witout taking it. It has been 15yrs since that time frame and it is more difficult to shed off water weight now from those of us who took it regularly than my teammates who did not take it. Greater scientific class sizes over longer spans of time need to be taken to determine if it is really helpful or not. Most test sizes have only come from groups of around 40(VERY small).
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