There more than likely just talking about the blood levels. Your body makes Creatine naturally, so you need to be careful if you do take supplements that contain it. Its completely normal for them to do these tests if you haven't had one for a while as these meds can affect the Kidneys or liver depending on what you take. If it's a med that goes via the liver the blood tests are normally every 6 months.

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member: It totally makes sense what you're saying. I just felt like the primary care doctor wasn't listening to what I had to say. Basically, I had an inflamed liver before and a previous doctor who falsely misdiagnosed me with high blood pressure and being a pre-diabetic didn't even do any blood work on me for proof of it. I went to an Urgent Care and after close to 6 years got off of the high blood pressure medication. My Creatinine came up at 1.37 mg and the normal range is supposed to be between 0.50 to 0.99 mg/dl. Back in 2024 and in 2025 my Creatinine was just fine. I only take what has been prescribed so far which is Vitamin D (due to lack of sun exposure which I disagree with this reason for it being prescribed), Centrum Multivitamin for Women, Vitamin B6, Calcium, Magnesium, and Iron (recently found out that I had Anemia for the very first time in my life). Mind you the Vitamin D, B6, Calcium, and Magnesium are all prescribed by my neurologist. I had imbalanced (not balanced) triglycerides for 17 years and bad cholesterol. I lost a bunch of weight and my original cholesterol along with my triglycerides went back to being normal. However, this primary doctor isn't listening to what I have to say and how I have been told that I went to four specialists last year and was told that I am not a Diabetic. I told them that my A1C proved in my bloodwork that I don't have Diabetes. It came up at 5.4%. I told the doctor that I believe that my anemia is a side effect from the medication of Metformin. It states that it may cause Anemia. I am going to get a second opinion from a doctor to find out because I already did bloodwork to show proof that I am not a diabetic.

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No it isn’t related to seizure meds . It suppose to help people with muscular Dystrophy and Heart failures.

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Your creatinine relates to your kidneys. If it is high, it means your kidneys are working overtime without rest. This is bad. I was at stage four kidney disease. I am taking a generic brand of farciga. It slows down your digestion. I also have diabetes. I am at stage three now, but my last lab results show my creatinine levels creeping up again. A couple of years ago I was at stage four. I have an appointment with my kidney doctor at the end of this year. My neurologist told me it was not my seizure meds, but my kidney doctor had her lower my Briviact from a 100 to 75mg twice a day. In January, I had a seizure in the snowstorm and went to emergency, the neurologist there increased it to 175mg twice a day. A few weeks ago my neurologist decreased it back to 100mg twice a day. Last week my primary reviewed my lab work, and saw my creatinine was increasing, and told me to stopped taking my over-the-counter iron medication ( for my anemia).