Treatments / Supplement

Creatine

Under $20 Grade None

Not enough reports from people 1+ years in yet

68% overall

How sure anyone can be

+ 43 coded Reddit reports

Have you tried it?

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Overview

A common supplement some investigators try for mental and physical energy.

Mechanisms it may act on

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

  • Eight-Week Creatine-Glucose Supplementation Alleviates Clinical Features of Long COVID.
    2024 · Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology · n=15 · Positive · PubMed 38684388
  • 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.