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What is Creatine Monohydrate?

Creatine is an organic acid that is involved in energy use in the muscles. As a supplement, it is used by body builders to help put on muscle mass.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 134 18 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 37 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 35 5 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Parkinson's Disease 28 6 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 16 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Atrophy of upper body muscles 8 3 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 182 patients currently taking Creatine Monohydrate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 3
Mild
 4
None
 38

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Creatine Monohydrate

Nausea 3
Weight gain 2
Bloating 2
Muscle cramps 1
Dehydration 1
Urinary frequency 1
See all 10 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Creatine Monohydrate. See all 68 dosages ►

  daily 1 tps. daily 2 g daily 3 g daily 5 g daily 5 mg daily 10 g daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 g daily
  21 Number of Patients: 21 5 Number of Patients: 5 5 Number of Patients: 5 4 Number of Patients: 4 47 Number of Patients: 47 17 Number of Patients: 17 15 Number of Patients: 15 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Creatine Monohydrate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 60   Did not seem to work: 54%
Other 24   Other: 22%
Personal research 13   Personal research: 12%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 8%
Doctor's advice 8   Doctor's advice: 7%
Expense 7   Expense: 6%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 5%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 111 patients who’ve stopped taking Creatine Monohydrate

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Creatine Monohydrate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Creatine Monohydrate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Creatine Monohydrate

Always
 21 44%
Usually
 14 29%
Sometimes
 9 19%
Never
 4 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Creatine Monohydrate

Very
 3 6%
Somewhat
 8 17%
A little
 13 27%
Not at all
 24 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Creatine Monohydrate

$200+
 1 4%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 4%
$25-49
 5 18%
< $25
 21 75%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.