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Why would a patient or doctor care about that?
by heavenlyblue 6y ago
Why would a patient or doctor care about that?
- pvaldes 6y agoPills have more things than the active compound. Taking less may reduce any hypothetical secondary collateral effects from those substances, so it could be useful to explore it at least. On the other hand, taking just a tenth part of a pill would be not easy to measure. Specially if you need to take the pills often. Sometimes you would take 1/10, other 3/10 or 1/20. That could be a recipe for problems.
- heavenlyblue 6y agoOk, I agree with the first paragraph (it’s a point I did not think about). The second point is a weak one as you must be quite special to consciously decide on changing the prescribed dose of the pill without buying scales to measure the dose (although I agree these costs quite a lot).