Was wondering if any of the docs on the forum(or anyone else for that matter) could think of a reason why someone’s muscles would leak creatine, especially if they don’t use it as a supplement. Would adding creatine to the diet help possibly? thanks!
Is there any particular reason you’re asking?
Sometimes when i take too much at one time it leaks out my asshole.
Doc: Yeah, my mother is having severe troubles with her legs and it’s very painful to walk. She’s had it for a few years now and had every test known to man and everything is inconclusive. She had a CPK(?) test done that showed creatine leaking from her quadriceps and I was just wondering if any of the docs 'round here might have a thought or two about it. Was wondering if possibly her adding creatine to her diet would help…
CPK is actually creatine phosphokinase, an enzyme responsible for energy production in muscle cells. I’m sure her doc meant that that is what was “leaking” from her muscles and not the actual creatine molecule.
Supplementing with exogenous creatine won’t do much in that situation.
i almost fell out of my chair that time
ok now i feel like an ass.
When a muscle is damaged, CPK leaks into the bloodstream. Determining which isoenzyme (specific form of CPK) is elevated will help determine which tissue has been damaged.
I got this from this website.
Hope this helps.
Goldie, sorta felt like you had to redeem yourself with that latter post, eh?
well it would have been funny had his mom not been in the hospital.
Yeah. I was laughin my ass off. Then he sprung on us that it was his mom that had CPK leakage. The laughing just stopped.
Its sorta like when you make a comment to somebody about their mom (Yo’ momma so fat yada yada yada) then they say “My mom is dead.” Then instead of just shutting up, you try calling their bluff. Except they’re not bluffing. Yeah, thats happened to me before. Sorta like those airplane commercials (“Wanna get away?”) except like 10x worse.
Hey y’all, thanks for the re’s…I never really knew what the CPK was…mom said the doc said creatine was leaking, but she couldn’t remember the second word. Sure wish we knew what the heck this thing is…oh well, she’s a tough lady. And Goldie, I was laughing my ass off too…kinda brought back memories of Olestra ;o)