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c/tapering·submitted 7 months ago by u/adaeze_weiss

someone explain regain to me like I have not read a paper in years

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Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/bloodwork repeats that interval stretching is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 16 threads of people agreeing with each other. Is there a paper? Is there a measurement? Or is this one of those things that is…

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u/nora_ramos130 points·7 months ago

Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.

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u/taper_off_tabitha83 points·7 months ago

cite the discontinuation data rather than guessing regain rates

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u/marta_weiss23 points·7 months ago

Strongly agree. The regain is expected.

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u/janek_ferrari63 points·7 months ago

cite the discontinuation data rather than guessing regain rates

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/chain_confirm_cpayments17 points·7 months ago

no shaming people who restart

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