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How the published trials escalated, tabulated side by side — does this still hold?

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Holding a dose indefinitely: the trials did not study indefinite holding at a non-maximum dose. The trials escalated to a target and then held that. What happens if you stay at an intermediate dose for years is not formally studied and extrapolation is the best available reasoning.

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mi.almeidaTL21 Jan 2025#1

Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: How the published trials escalated, tabulated side by side — does this still hold?

Asking about published trials escalated directly, because I have read four threads on it and each answered a slightly different question.

The version I want answered is the narrow one: given the method stated below, is the result within what anyone else has seen? I am not asking what it means yet.

Method, numbers and the two assumptions I am aware of making are below. If the assumptions are wrong that is more useful to me than agreement.

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ew.kuuselaTL2 Solution24 Jun 2025#2

Holding a dose indefinitely: the trials did not study indefinite holding at a non-maximum dose. The trials escalated to a target and then held that. What happens if you stay at an intermediate dose for years is not formally studied and extrapolation is the best available reasoning.

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s.stavrianosTL2Member28 Oct 2025 · edited#3

mi.almeida, post #1: Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: How the published trials escalated, tabulated side by side — does this still hold? Asking about published trials escalated directly, because I have read four threads on it and each answered a slightly different question. The version I want answered is the narrow one: given the… Go to post

Narrowing post #2, because the general version has more than one answer.

Reaching a dose and staying there for a year: the question of whether a stable dose remains effective over years is mostly answered by the withdrawal trials and by real-world reports. The dose does not seem to stop working, but the longest trials are not indefinitely long.

Adding it because I spent an afternoon working it out and nobody should have to twice.

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