sides on creatin?

[nephrom]

Did anyone ever have sides from taking creating?
I love creatin very much and it helps quit something in off-season,
but I found that I react bad on it. After one week I recognise symptoms like getting a cold, mainly like having a sore throat. I recover quit fast after stopping crea and I am 100% it is from crea. But no idea why and what could I do in order to avoid thoose problems.

[Rules]

What brand? It sounds more like an ALA problem than a creatine problem.

As a side note...

Poortmans JR, Auquier H, Renaut V, Durussel A, Saugy M, Brisson GR Chimie Physiologique, Institut Superieur d'Education Physique et de Kinesitherapie, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

There is an increasing utilisation of oral creatine (Cr) supplementation among athletes who hope to enhance their performance but it is not known if this ingestion has any detrimental effect on the kidney. Five healthy men ingested either a placebo or 20 g of creatine monohydrate per day for 5 consecutive days. Blood samples and urine collections were analysed for Cr and creatinine (Crn) determination after each experimental session. Total protein and albumin urine excretion rates were also determined. Oral Cr supplementation had a significant incremental impact on arterial content (3.7 fold) and urine excretion rate (90 fold) of this compound. In contrast, arterial and urine Crn values were not affected by the Cr ingestion. The glomerular filtration rate (Crn clearance) and the total protein and albumin excretion rates remained within the normal range. In conclusion, this investigation showed that short-term oral Cr supplementation does not appear to have any detrimental effect on the renal responses of healthy men.

I am sure there are 100 others suporting this and 100 more opposing it.

[Bast]

Creatine will not make you ill or give u a cold. But to be sure try a different brand (like On or soem other quality brand) and see if its the same.

[nephrom]

thx

It is strange. I used several brands (really different things, from US and European market).
Always the same.
Only, but this is not analyzed, more a feeling, it seems to be less difficult taking creatin in a joghurt or similar instead of orangejuice.
Is it a mechanical influence (scratching), maybe?

[Dominance]

He could be working out harder or longer while hes on Creatine since he mentally wants to perform better. Thus overtraining, explaining the cold symptoms...