Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not. That is answerable; arguing about which sounds more plausible is not.
Dr.SportsMedIN said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
Mine went the same way, slower.
Dr.SportsMedIN said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
Adding the part of the answer the thread has not reached. It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about. A precise question gets a precise answer; a general one gets everybody’s favourite anecdote.
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One thing that is still open after Dr.SportsMedIN’s answer:
Did your prescriber agree with that reading, and if not what was their objection?