NurseKim_ATL said:Albumin binding above 99% is the whole reason weekly dosing works, and it is also why the trough matters more than the peak.
All true, with one condition: that curve is for people who reached the dose on schedule. Anyone who slowed the ladder for tolerability is on a different, flatter curve, and comparing yourself with the published mean will make you feel like a non-responder when you are not.
DadBodDave said:Agreed, though "tolerable" needs defining.
Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it. Taking it to my next appointment.
NurseKim_ATL said:Albumin binding above 99% is the whole reason weekly dosing works, and it is also why the trough matters more than the peak.
I will push back on the "any working dose is fine" framing. The maintenance evidence sits overwhelmingly at the top studied dose, and the extension data shows regain tracking dose reduction rather than tracking stopping. Holding low is reasonable; pretending it is evidentially equivalent is not.
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