Taking creatine supplements might cause some unwanted side effects or might not even be made properly, so what’s in the bottle isn’t always what it claims to be.

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Clinical pharmacology of the dietary supplement creatine monohydrate.

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The study looks at creatine supplements and specifically talks about possible side effects and problems with product quality, so it agrees with the claim that these issues exist.

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Clinical pharmacology of the dietary supplement creatine monohydrate.

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DOI: 10.1016/s0031-6997(24)01490-x

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