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Practice · Dosing & titration · continued

Revisiting: Holding a dose indefinitely: is there a documented downside? posts 31–31

This is a continuation of a long topic, addressed by post number rather than by page. Start at post 1 · go to the accepted answer.

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buffer_sheetTL3Regular26 Jan 2025#31

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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