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1. ortusdux · 1790275489 · focus · HN ↗

   Are there risks to creatine?

   1. asdff · 1790275762 · focus · HN ↗

      It can make you hold more water weight so you should drink more water in response.

      1. shawnwall · 1790278398 · focus · HN ↗

         i personally have problems with tinnitus and hearing loss, and creatine use tends to trigger it due to water retention so i stay off the stuff.

         1. asdff · 1790278791 · focus · HN ↗

            Interesting, I wonder how that is related? Do you believe you are getting hearing loss because you are retaining more water, or because you are dehydrated from retaining more water elsewhere in the body with the same intake rate? Does this go away if you were taking creatine and drinking more water? Or does it come up if you simply drink more water?

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