Can creatine supplementation cause urinary or prostate symptoms?

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In brief, I'm a 30 year old man, and had taken creatine monohydrate (5g/daily) for around a month. After the first month, I began to have urinary symptoms including increased frequency, or the intense sensation that I needed to urinate, with no actual flow.

I went to a urologist for a consult. Ruled out STDs based on cultures/labs, but treated with various antibiotics anyway due to clinical presentation. Prostate exam indicated that it was, "normal in feel, but maybe a bit bigger than I'd expect for a person your age."

I directly asked about creatine, because I had read news articles concerning an association between creatine and prostate enlargement. He didn't believe that this was likely, and made no recommendation that I stop taking the creatine.

Still, I decided to stop. Within a week, the symptoms went away. A month or so later, I resumed. Within two weeks, the same symptoms reappeared. They went away upon cessation of the creatine supplementation.

So--my own feeling about my question is that yes--there seems to be some link between urinary symptoms and creatine supplementation. What makes me bring this question to the forum is that I've only come across one other person (on Reddit) who reported a similar experience. Nearly everyone else reports no side effects whatsoever.

Has anyone here had a similar experience? Does anyone have any further insight into this?

Thanks a million for your feedback.