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See also: Crea Pure

What is Creatine? 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. Creatine has been trialled in ALS with no positive findings, despite initial findings in the SOD1 mouse that suggested it might be beneficial. Read more...Click to read more below

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Reasons Taken

190 patients in the community are taking or have taken Creatine.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Slow my ALS progress 98 51%
General health 30 15%
Other 26 13%
Fatigue 7 3%
disease-related symptoms 7 3%
Don't know 2 1%
Fasciculations 2 1%
Stiffness/spasticity 2 1%
Weakness (asthenia) in hand 1 <1%
Gain weight 1 <1%
Mobility 1 <1%
Atrophy, upper body muscles 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Creatine.

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All (Show Top 10)

  0 g day 0 mg day 0 day 1 g day 1 tbs. day 1 tps. day 1 day 2 g day 2 tbs. day 2 tps. day 2 day 2.5 g day 2.5 day 3 g day 3 day 4 g day 5 g day 5 mg day 5 day 6 g day 6 mg day 8 mg day 10 g day 10 mg day 15 g day 20 g day 20 mg day 20 day 43 g day 50 g day 50 mg day 100 day 325 mg day 500 mg day 700 mg day 750 mg day 1000 mg day 1250 mg day 1400 mg day 1500 mg day 2000 mg day 2250 mg day 2400 mg day 2500 mg day 3000 mg day 3200 mg day 3500 mg day 5000 mg day
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 20 Number of Patients: 20 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 26 Number of Patients: 26 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Creatine or how long patients were taking Creatine before stopping.

Currently taking Creatine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
9
23
18
27

Stopped taking Creatine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
7
10
13
16
14
Why Patients Stopped Taking Creatine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 33 52% Did not seem to work: 52%
Personal research 12 19% Personal research: 19%
Other 11 17% Other: 17%
Doctor's advice 7 11% Doctor's advice: 11%
Side effects too severe 5 8% Side effects too severe: 8%
Expense 4 6% Expense: 6%
Course of treatment ended 3 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%
Not indicated 3 5% Not indicated: 5%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 50% 1
Can't tell 50% 1

Slow my ALS progress

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 3

Top reported side-effects include: Nausea

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 3)

  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health
Advice/Tips
I reduced this to once per day and missed some days. I was able to feel the difference (better) when I take it twice a day with OJ

  • spider
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: severe
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • spider
  • by spider
    Jun 23, 2008
  • EfficacyCan't tell
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Slow my ALS progress

See all evaluation results for Creatine



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