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Does holding at a lower dose for longer reduce total side-effect burden?

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My records go back to the first dose with dates, so I can reconstruct the timeline exactly.

I keep seeing this stated as a fact with no explanation attached, and unexplained facts make me suspicious.

My background is quantitative but not chemical, so I can follow an equation more easily than a hand-wave.

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

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