Dr.GastroMayo said:Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.
Agreed, though "tolerable" needs defining. A dose you tolerate by eating almost nothing is not tolerated, it is being paid for somewhere else — usually in lean mass, sometimes in adherence three months later.
FDA_TrackerJim said:Steady state is the thing most people miss.
Thank you — that is the clearest version of this I have read, and I have read a lot of them. Taking it to my next appointment.
Dr.GastroMayo said:Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.
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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Shop Reference StandardsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it. Reconstructing a timeline from memory three months later is how people end up unable to answer the one question that would have resolved it.