More than likely she already had enough creatine in her system, or her body wasn't able to metabolize the creatine for some reason.

As far as the documentation and warnings are concerned.....it is well documented in the medical community that supplimenting too much creatine can elevate serum creatine levels and can be dangerous. It's also well known in the medical community that the only tests done on creatine were short and they checked the brain for any changes.

As far as I know creatine doesn't have a bad rep at all.

Some people don't eat foods with a lot of creatine in it and some people do eat a lot of foods with creatine in it. If you don't eat a lot of high creatine foods, you can use the extra creatine and you'll notice the effects more than the person that does eat a lot of high creatine foods. So, if you don't foods with creatine in it, you should do okay with 10mgs per day, but if you do eat foods with a lot of creatine in it, that's overkill. Your body weight also determines how much may be too much for you. A 250lb person has a lot more room to store creatine than a person that only weight 75lbs.

Also, the effects of a high serum creatine level can be very subtle. You can have a gradual thickening of the heart that only several MRI's or ECG's could pick up. If you don't need 10mgs and you keep taking that much over a long period of time, you'll be one of those people you read about that are healthy as a horse and just drop dead for no apparent reason, then they say there was an underlying heart condition. If the blood coagulates before autopsy, it may never be discovered that there was a high serum creatine level.

Why aren't there any warnings??? They don't have to put a warning. They aren't controled by the FDA the way other food manufacturors are. And there aren't many deaths atributed to it, just medical problems. I've never bought any diuretics, but I'm pretty much willing to bet they don't have a warning on the bottle and diuretics kill thousands of people every year.

Basically, it's not urban legand, it's not undocumented and it's not heresay. It's just not something you can find out about on the internet. But if you go ask an ER doctor or a sports medicine doctor or even a kidney doctor and they can tell you about the effects of creatine and excessive creatine in the human body.