Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked. Narrow it and it becomes tractable; leave it broad and the thread will produce nine confident and incompatible replies.
If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.
NurseKim_ATL said:The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked.
I read this differently from NurseKim_ATL, on substance rather than tone. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.
NurseKim_ATL said:The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked.
True, with the qualification that this is a self-selected group. The people for whom it did not work post less, and that shapes everything we think we know.
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Shop Reference StandardsNurseKim_ATL said:The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked.
That reframing is the part I needed. Taking it to my next appointment.
Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part. Thread quality here is what the rules are for. Keep it up.