Creatine and Liver/Kidneys?

Diet and Nutrition
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Now i know this has been done to death, and its generally safe to say that creatine is fine to take.

But what about dosage in excess of 10g/day? every day? your kidneys and liver have to flush all that out.

I’m 22 years old and still have arguments with my dad about creatine, he works with a guy who used it and now have liver and kidney problems. i told him he was probably eating spoonfuls of it every day.

currently ill take about 5g only on training days, i don’t see how this could hurt my liver of kidneys, but it’s hard to sound credible without journals or papers of studies, i looked on pubmed but didn’t really find anything.

basically:
me: 5g, 3-4 times a week
other guy:5g x 4 x every day
difference? im betting yes

Berardi advocates up to 20g a day, (morning, peri workout, night) when bulking.

other people say to cycle it

are we using too much creatine? perhaps all you need is 3-5g a day every day.

Yes its been done to death but there hasn’t really been a consensus on it

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once again… sorry for flogging a dead horse, basically im saying:

5g a day is perfectly fine

what would 5x that do? are there effectS of just gobbing spoonfuls of the shit.

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Any creatine that you consume that your body doesn’t use is excreted through your urine. And like you said, this guy probably took a lot more than he should have and in the process, damaged his liver and/or kidneys. However, who is to say that those problems didn’t exist beforehand?

The thing is, don’t worry about taking creatine. It won’t harm you if you take it moderately. 20g a day seems like a lot, but spread out over the course of the day, it doesn’t seem like it would cause that much problems, if any. When I take creatine, I take 10g for the first week or two, then lower it to 5g after that. When I have creatine in supply (I’m poor now), I always took it. I figure that if it’s in your brain, taking it can’t hurt.