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周三 12月1日

TOPIC: ARGUMENT166 - The following appeared in a local newspaper.

"People should not be misled by the advertising competition between Coldex and Cold-Away, both popular over-the-counter cold medications that anyone can purchase without a doctor's prescription. Each brand is accusing the other of causing some well-known, unwanted side effect: Coldex is known to contribute to existing high blood pressure and Cold-Away is known to cause drowsiness. But the choice should be clear for most health-conscious people: Cold-Away has been on the market for much longer and is used by more hospitals than is Coldex. Clearly, Cold-Away is more effective."

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Cold-Away is more effective than Coldex.因为coldaway在市场的时间更长，被更多的医院所使用。
○1在市场上时间长不说明效果好，只能说明上市时间早。使用医院多不说明使用量大。
○2每个人应该根据自己的情况选择。而且可以选择别的公司的药。

zhangwanyingUID: 2775533

"People should not be misled by the advertising competition between Coldex and Cold-Away, both popular over-the-counter cold medications that anyone can purchase without a doctor's prescription. Each brand is accusing the other of causing some well-known, unwanted side effect: Coldex is known to contribute to existing high blood pressure and Cold-Away is known to cause drowsiness. But the choice should be clear for most health-conscious people: Cold-Away has been on the market for much longer and is used by more hospitals than is Coldex. Clearly, Cold-Away is more effective."

（1）作者缺乏具体的临床统计数据来评估CA和CO的效果。仅仅根据上市时间和是否被很多医院采用是没有说服力的。可能CA的价格更加便宜，或者有更好的营销策略，或者就是因为上市时间长本身，导致很多医院采用CA。并不代表CA的疗效更加好。
Perhaps the CA's scope of indications and functions is broader than the CO's which includes more diseases and symptoms.

（2）作者最后的结论没有考虑side effect就做出了仓促的结论。在临床医学上，必须根据病人的具体情况进行分析用药。如果确定两家药厂所宣传的互相的副作用是属实的话，就可以根据这个结论对不同的病人采用不同的药物，比如有心血管疾病的人就要谨慎使用CO。

攻击点确实比较少。