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Thanks for the reply. I've been taking thr 5mg a day for a couple weeks and plan to do so for a few months and be retested. What is CPK, is it something else I should be concernrd about?
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Creatine Kinase,Total,Serum 199 U/L 24-204
This is link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatine_kinase

Basically it reflects some muscle problems, and hypothyroid issues.
This link gives a list of what else, can raise this.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/003504.htm

Do you use statins for cholesterol? They can raise this.

Your test should be repeated in the future, in case this is a lab error.
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