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Pubmed is where I find most of my information.

Originally Posted by Onerepmaximum

I am a non-insulin dependant diabetic. I have been going to the doctor alot lately because I went one time and my blood pressure was high. I later came to find out that they were using the regular sized cuff which is not big enough. When the proper sized cuff is used, my blood pressure is normal. Well my "elevated" elevated blood pressure caused them to do a battery of blood tests. It came back that my cholesterol is 130. They want it to be 100 or less since I'm a diabetic. That's fine.

The other value that they are concerned about is my creatinine level. Mine is at 1.1, the upper limit for normal is 1.5. When the blood was drawn, I had just completed a 4 week cycle of creatine. I just saw the doctor today. He told me that creatine supplementation won't affect creatinine levels and that I have lost 15% of my kidney function(that's the reason for my elevated creatinine level). I have looked online and this appears to be bullshit, too. Creatinine is a by product of creatine. So my elevated creatinine levels are most likely not a result of kidney damage, but a result of my creatine cycle.

He said there is also a very small amount of protein in my urine. I'm not sure what this means yet, but I'm looking into it.

My question is, where can I get info to take to my next appointment that is based on reputable research that I can show this dude? He is trying to scare me, he even said that he hoped he is scaring me. I don't think I need to be scared though. I think if he wasn't fat and nasty, he would not be so closed minded about creatine or supplements in general.