http://www.aan.com/cgi-bin/whatsnewlink.pl?loc=%2fpublic%2fnewsreleases
"ST. PAUL, MN – Creatine, a food supplement popular among athletes, may
improve strength among people with neuromuscular diseases such as muscular
dystrophy, according to a study published in the March 10 issue of
Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Patients taking creatine supplements had an average 10 to 15 percent
improvement in their ability to perform high-intensity exercises, said study
author Mark Tarnopolsky, MD, PhD, of McMaster University Medical Center in
Hamilton, Ontario.
"Creatine is inexpensive, it’s non-toxic and it has few side effects," he
said. "The improvements are as encouraging as many of the treatments that
people are using for these diseases."
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Non-toxic? From what I've read the doses must be regulated because of water
retention. Athletes tend to use week on, week off ... .
