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. 2015 Mar 3;3:e816. doi: 10.7717/peerj.816

Table 3. Response quartiles, for patients at final medication and dose.

n = 32 patients.

No response Subtle 1–25%
reduction
of symptoms		 Small 26–50%
reduction
of symptoms		 Medium 51–75%
reduction
of symptoms		 Large 76–100%
reduction
of symptoms		 Total number
Number of patients 2a 2 7 5 16 32
Percentage 6 6 22 16 50 100

Notes.

a

One of these two patients went on to achieve 80% reduction of cough symptoms using capsaicin spray; note the footnote to Table 1 regarding capsaicin spray. The other patient tried amitriptyline and desipramine without benefit and never went on to a gabapentin trial.