Dr.KarenChen said:Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.
Agreed on the substance. I would put less weight on the timescale, because two months of anything is not enough to distinguish a trend from a wobble.
FranDenver said:Agreed on the arithmetic, with one condition: holding indefinitely at a dose that is not doing anything is not patience, it is a stall with a nice…
Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion.
Dr.KarenChen said:Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.
I read this differently from Dr.KarenChen, on substance rather than tone. I think the framing smuggles in the conclusion. Ask it the other way round and the obvious answer reverses, which usually means the question is doing the work.
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