Creatinine = 1.01 mg/dL (indicated max lab range = 1.2 mg/dL).
Cysttine = unkownw
Caucasic eGFR per EPI-CKD = 78 mL/min/1.73 m^2
Age 65, male.
I take modest amounts of creatine daily, about 1.5 grams. This might elevate modestly creatinine
I lift weights with moderate intensity but almost daily.
The above may bias the eGFR toward lower values.
No Rapa, no drugs, only minidoses of ezitimibe.
Main food: vegetables, with lots of nuts, dairy, a little whole-grain cereals, a little fruit and legumes. Protein in the range of 1- to 1.2 g/kg/d, or even less, depending on hunger.
Hi Agetron, Rapa is really hard to take hold of here. The only way, apparently, is to travel to Turkey or Dubai and convince a pharmacist to do that. My strategy is to try to manipulate the upstream signals, even as David Sabatini hinted at.
TRT, Iâm not sure, but my total testosterone level is still decent, although the free testosterone might be (surely is) declining. I plan to see a specialist and listen to his advice.
Other things, unfortunately, I donât have much time right now, so Iâm just concentrating on lifestyle and perhaps introducing some other pharmaceutical drugs in minidoses, but all my metabolic values are all right so far. Blood sugar a little high, but Homa-IR low. Hence, Iâm just checking myself regularly and waitingâŚ
After 4.5 years on rapamycin no breaks ⌠have now been off rapamycin for 2 1/2 months to see how thymus fat reduction is doing with HGH for one year.
I definitely can feel the changes being off rapamycin ⌠glad to be back on soon.
Creatine seemingly has a huge impact on my creatinine and eGFR. In the year after I started taking it, my creatinine went from .84 mg/dl to 1.17 mg/dl, and my eGFR went from 111 to 69. Iâm 42.
diet: various mainly north American, trying to limit unhealthy fats, and processed carbs
Rapa user: on and off for last three years, currently 6mg/week with EVOO for last 3 months
111 is fine/good for my age. 69 is quite bad but itâs just an artifact of my creatine use so it doesnât reflect my actual kidney function. eGFR is calculated using creatinine and inversely related to it.
Thanks for the reply, I actually am not using creatine but just so happened that I bought some and Iâm about to start using today or tomorrow. So, If I understand it correctly my eGFR of 99 which shows optimal for my age will suffer, but that doesnât necessarily mean it is a bad thing? and if eGFR may not be a good indicator of kidney health (? when one is using Creatine) is there a different test to measure the kidneyâs proper function?
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