#Clinicalnutrition

Creatine has long supported athletic performance, but clinicians and researchers are now exploring its potential as a medical tool. A recent Medscape review prompts the question: could creatine move from gyms into hospital wards as a mainstream treatment option?

Creatine is historically known for boosting strength and speeding recovery. In Thailand, fitness trends align with global patterns, and creatine is familiar to university athletes and gym enthusiasts. Now researchers are examining benefits beyond performance, including support for muscle wasting, neurodegenerative conditions, brain injury recovery, and mood disorders.

Creatine, long hailed in athletic circles for its muscle-boosting prowess, is increasingly attracting the attention of clinicians and medical researchers as a potential therapeutic tool in medicine. The question now posed by recent scientific reviews, such as the one published in Medscape’s “Creatine: Is the Supplement Ready for Clinical Use?,” is whether creatine is truly ready to transition from gyms and fitness centres into hospital wards and clinics as a mainstream medical supplement.