Treatments / Supplement
Creatine
Under $20
Grade None
Evidence estimate
68%
See what people report
80% interval 49 to 85% · effective n 8.6
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Overview
A common supplement some investigators try for mental and physical energy.
Mechanisms it may act on
- Energy-limited Strong
Where the estimate comes from
- From studies (prior): 2.0
- From Reddit reports: 8.6
- From investigators here: 0.0
- From tests: 0.0
Studies
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Eight-Week Creatine-Glucose Supplementation Alleviates Clinical Features of Long COVID.2024 · Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology · n=15 · Positive · PubMed 38684388
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Creatine supplementation in fibromyalgia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.2013 · Arthritis care & research · n=? · Mixed · PubMed 23554283
Reddit reports
Coded from public Reddit posts. People who post tend to have strong results either way.
- Helped: 28
- Partly: 9
- No change: 5
- Worse: 1
How people usually try it
Take a consistent daily dose with food and water. Track fog for two weeks.
Typical dose: 3-5 g daily
Safety
- Kidney disease
Not medical advice, not a diagnosis, and not a substitute for a clinician.