1Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Associate Consultant, Emergency & Trauma Care, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram, NCR
2Emergency, Final Year Resident, Emergency & Trauma Care, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram, NCR
3DNB Nephrology trainee, Final Year Resident, Department of Nephrology, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram, NCR
* Corresponding author: Dr. Anoop James George, Senior Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Centre, Thrissur, Kerala; Email id - anoophunter18@gmail.com; Mobile No. - 9496464878
Online published on 30 June, 2020.
Most of Indian Urban Youth are keen of bulky bicep muscles, are getting misguided by online advertisements of “Creatine Creating Muscles”. Supplement abuse is rampant in the fitness world. Enthusiasts often take them without proper clearance from medical professionals and often feel the consequences later, in the end of the month. Relevant scientific studies warns the Harmful Effects on kidneys of even healthy youth, associated with consuming creatine supplement for creating muscular body building along with physical workouts by weight lifting in Gymnasiums. The doctors get baffled to see otherwise healthy, young males hospitalised for an avoidable emergency, by regulating creatine use only after medical expert’s supervision & monitoring.
creatine, kidney injury, body building, creatinine, dialysis
