Rhabdomyolysis: Does Caffeine or Creatine Increase Your Risk?

I’m a Tufts University alumna and so my algorithm quickly spotlighted the lacrosse team’s “voluntary, supervised 45-minute workout with a Navy SEAL graduate” that resulted in three athletes being hospitalized for rhabdomyolysis. (1)

What increasingly caught my attention was within the CNN Health article that quoted a sports physician doctor: “certain nutritional supplements, including increased caffeine and creatine, can add to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.” (1) Really?

So, in this article, I’m going to review:

• What rhabdomyolysis is.

• Research connecting rhabdo with caffeine.

• Research connecting rhabdo with creatine.

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