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How much creatine can be taken each day?
How do you usually take creatine?
Generally creatine is taken in the form of creatine monohydrate. Creatine monohydrate looks like a crystalline powder, like sugar.
This powder is taken with water or mixed with meals.
What dose is usually taken of creatine?
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Depending on its purpose, different doses of creatine are usually taken. The most common are:
- For athletes: You start with a daily loading dose of about 20 g daily divided into four times (4 teaspoons of 5 g each)
- This dose is maintained between 5 and 7 days.
- Later, it is usually reduced to a dose of 10 g daily divided into two doses (two teaspoons a day every two days, without exceeding 5 days a week)
- A treatment of 3 weeks per month is usually applied for two consecutive months and afterwards, it is usually rested for another month.
Dosage of creatine for diseases
- For heart failure: Usually a total of 20 g daily divided into four doses of 5 g each. The treatment usually lasts between 5 and 10 days.
- For Parkinson’s: About 10 g daily divided into two doses of 5 g each for as long as the specialist considers necessary.
- For muscular dystrophy: The same dose that is usually used as for Parkinson’s, in adults, and half in children.
You have to make sure you must drink a lot of water
It is important to keep in mind that you need to drink a lot of water when you take this supplement. (At least a couple of liters a day)
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