creatine question

[MaFi0s0]

what happens if you take creatine but dont drink enough water, does the creatine still stay in your muscles?

on my 3rd-5th day of loading i was dehydrated, its my 8th day on the stuff and i dont feel it as much as when i was loading.

[bradley]

I would tend to think that it would still be in your muscles, but when taking creatine and you don't stay well-hydrated you might be at risk for cramps. You could load again if you wanted. Any excess creatine would be excreted by the body.

[Shao-LiN]

It'll be there, you just drink lots of water to keep yourself and your muscles hydrated to take advantage of the creatine being there.

[LILFLEX]

Dude you can't take supplements and not adhere to the rules,why throw money down the drain?thats what you are doing by not drinking water while on Creatine

[peru35]

you need to drink water with creatine. it is only absorbed into the muscles when it is diluted. think about it. The whole point of creatine is to swell your cells with water so that nutriunts can be absorbs easier and faster. So if you are drinking creatine with out water how is it going to be transfered to your muscles? Its not.