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Argument 188
A new report suggests that men and women experience pain very differently from one another, and that doctors should consider these differences when prescribing pain medications. When researchers administered the same dosage of kappa opoids—a painkiller—to 28 men and 20 women who were having their wisdom teeth extracted, the women reported feeling much less pain than the men, and the easing of pain lasted considerably longer in women. This research suggests that kappa opioids should be prescribed for women whenever pain medication is required, whereas men should be given other kinds of pain medication. In addition, researchers should reevaluate the effects of all medications on men versus women.
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In the argument, the author claim that men and women experience pain very differently and the effects of all medication on men and women should be revaluated. That statement is unfounded and cannot be accepted under the close examination and scrutiny. Though the author cites a recent survey to substantiate the conclusion. At the first glance, the argument seems plausible and reasonable, on the second thought; however, as a matter of fact it is not persuasive as it stands.
To begin with, the author's conclusion based on a questionable survey. From the survey quoted in the argument, however, we find no sign of such procedure for randomly sampling, and have good reason to doubt whether the sample quantity – 28 men and 20 women -- is representative enough to reflect the whole condition. How about the samplings age range? How about the samplings’ whole healthy conditions? Without the specific data and information, it is hard or possible for us to accepted the unconvincing survey.
Moreover, the survey only tells us that the women reported feeling much less pain than the men, which does not guarantee that the women really feel much less pain than men. Maybe some women feel pain, but they did not report. Maybe some men just felt uncomfortable, not the feeling of pain, however they thought it was pain and reported. Absence of the specific standard of pain and exact method of measuring the samplings’ feeling of pain, the author's deduction will be seriously weakened.
What's more, even though we can accept the research, the author’s suggest is unfounded that kappa opioids should be prescribed for women whenever pain medication is required, whereas men should be given other kinds of pain medication. There is not any information about the effects of the kappa opioids when women meet other illness not extracting the wisdom teeth. In addition, the author does make any comparison about the other kind of pain medication. The possibility cannot be neglected that some other pain medications are worse than that kappa opioids for men.
Last but not least, the author fails to convince us that the it is necessary and worthy to reevaluate the effects of all medications on women and men, even if the kappa opioids really has the different effects on women and men. There is not any evidence in the argument to dedicate the other medications have the different effects on women and men.
To sum up, based on what discussed and analyzed above, it is clearly that the argument is invalid and misleading, and the conclusion reached in the argument is too presumptuous and hasty to be accepted. In order to make the conclusion more convincing, the author should gather more scientific and specific data, and provide more efficiency and receivable evidence to support the conclusion.
[ Last edited by 11yaoyao on 2005-12-8 at 10:15 ] |
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