Anyone else have higher than normal creatinine levels on cycle?

[maurij1]

I've been trying to find as much information as I can on this since I got my bloods back and my creatinine level was elevated. High range is 1.25 and mine is 1.51. My BUN however is lower, nominal being between 10-14 and mine is 9.

The 2 major reasons I could find are to much protien in your diet and dehydration which Megatron suggested to me already. I thought I was drinking plenty of water so I started to track it and found that I was consuming a little under a gallon a day. I'm now drinking over a gallon a day. Not sure what to do about the high protien since that's the major macro when trying to bulk?

I've also found that people with more muscle mass will have higher creatinine levels.

Anyone else have levels out of range?

 

[Mprtz]

Are you using creatine?

If yes, creatinine will pretty much always come back high. Mine always does.

 

[maurij1]

No I actually didn't run creatine with this cycle so I was more than a little surprised when my bloods came back high. I usually start useing it again once I go off cycle to help with keeping the gains.

 

[hiram1st]

It can be from high protien intake and not being hydrated enough. Whats you protien and water intake like?

 

[Moppy1]

Creatinine blood levels also reflect total muscle mass and if you just had a hard workout. Greater release after muscle stress and injury. So it is not purely a test for kidney function, can also reflect total muscle mass and recent muscle injury