# Creatine

> This test measures the level of creatine in your blood, a substance that provides energy to your muscles. It helps show whether there is significant muscle breakdown or damage, which often occurs alongside symptoms like weakness or wasting. Doctors use this result to help screen for muscle disorders, inflammation, or metabolic changes. However, this test does not identify the specific cause of muscle damage on its own and is different from creatinine tests used to check kidney function.

- Labcorp code: 002402
- Category: [Heart & Metabolic](https://app.picardo.health/labs/tests/heart-metabolic.md)
- Price: shown at checkout, before payment.
- Blood draw: free at a Labcorp location, or $75.00 at home.
- Order link: https://app.picardo.health/labs/order?tests=002402&ref=assistant

## About ordering

A licensed physician reviews every order before any test is run, and results arrive in the person's Picardo account. Ordering is open to adults 18 and over in the US, except New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Maine. General health information, not medical advice.