All other things being equal
Somewhat paradoxically, each time you take a medication to abort a headache you also end up raising your risk level, such that your chances of triggering another migraine are higher after the medication wears off than they were before you took it (all other things being equal).
--- I'm not sure what does the part "all other things being equal" refer to?
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Let's say that you have a headache and take a medication to stop it. And then you decide to have a beer, thinking it can't possibly hurt. After a while you feel a strong headache coming on but you attribute this to the (side effects of the) medication you had taken.
- Let's say that you have a headache and take a medication to stop it.
- And then you decide to have a beer, thinking it can't possibly hurt.
- After a while you feel a strong headache coming on but you attribute this to the (side effects of the) medication you had taken.
- (rather than that beer you had).
- < All other things being equal > can be said only when there aren't any new external factors that could affect/influence the situation.
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Let's say that you have a headache and take a medication to stop it.
And then you decide to have a beer, thinking it can't possibly hurt.
After a while you feel a strong headache coming on but you attribute this to the (side effects of the) medication you had taken. (rather than that beer you had).
<All other things being equal> can be said only when there
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