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Creatine for ME/CFS and Long COVID: Could a Gym Supplement Actually Help With Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM)?

Creatine has spent decades being associated with gym bags and protein shakes. A growing body of research suggests it might have a role in one of the most debilitating symptoms of ME/CFS and Long COVID

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Jul 29, 2026
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Today let’s decode creatine. Not the creatine of gym lore, the stuff that makes you look slightly more inflated after a week and causes everyone to drink three extra litres of water. The creatine that is starting to appear in peer reviewed research on ME/CFS, Long COVID and post-exertional malaise. It turns out the mechanism behind why creatine helps at…

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