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Should you take creatine?


The performance-enhancing drug is legal, safe—and may have benefits beyond sport

IF YOU are an athlete in search of a chemical boost your options are limited. Many of the drugs that are known to work—anabolic steroids to make you stronger, say, or erythropoietin to boost your endurance—are banned and come with nasty side-effects. This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Should you take creatine?”

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