I just read a news article describing a bodybuilder that got poisoned by creatine and had to have his legs removed and almost died. Is this a likely occurence?
This news article has been posted on many bodybuilding forums, but these side effects are extremely unlikely from creatine alone. As one author (Brudnak M.) notes in Toxicology Letters: “Negative aspects [of creatine supplementation] have not been so widely reported [in the peer-reviewed literature]…. However, negative effects have been reported in magazines and news stories. These often capture large headlines and captivate the audience with their tone. Some of the work has been reported in well-respected journals but it seems the anecdotal reports are the ones that get the most press.” There are a number of problems with this news article. First, it contains a number of factual errors. For example, it states that a month supply of creatine at 5 g daily costs $50.00, when in reality this much creatine can be easily acquired for less than $3.00. The article also describes many questionable medical procedures. More importantly, nobody has talked to the doctors involved in this case or
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