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Does holding at 5 mg for eight weeks before escalating reduce headache?

Asked 11 Mar 2025Modified 17 months agoViewed 11k times
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Stated plainly: 5 mg · eight weeks · headache.

The empirical answer seems settled. The explanation does not.

If the honest answer is that nobody knows, I would rather hear that than a plausible story.

Is the standard explanation correct, and if so, what is the evidence for it?

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askedtobias_reint19k2711 Mar 2025
This matches what I was told by a laboratory, for whatever that is worth. – tandem_gradient 9 months ago
2Minor: the trial name is hyphenated in the original publication. – b_delacroix 35 days ago
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