Full-Strength Aller-Aid: Argument Analysis

Argument Analysis - Prompt 1
The evidence of the argument in Prompt 1 is that doctors have written 56 million more prescriptions for full-strength Allerg-Ease than for full-strength Aller-Aid. Therefore, the author claims that Allerg-Ease is a more effective milder nonprescription medication for allergy relief. Despite the fact that both Allerg-Ease and Aller-Aid are today’s top-selling full-strength prescription medication for allergy relief, the warrant is the assumption that more prescriptions for full-strength Allerg-Ease meant that its effectiveness would also reflect on the effectiveness of the milder nonprescription Allerg-Ease. On the other hand, doctors prescribed the full-strength Aller-Aid less often; therefore, the author also assumes that the doctors believe that the full-strength Aller-Aid is not as effective as Allerg-Ease for allergy relief. Based on the statistical data of the prescriptions for the full-strength Allerg-Ease and Aller-Aid, the author deduces that the brands’ effectiveness of the full-strength medication would have the same effectiveness for their milder nonprescription forms. …show more content…
This is because the full-strength prescription medications may not have the same concentration or types of active ingredients, like loratadine, in their milder nonprescription ones. As a result, there’s a possibility that the milder nonprescription Aller-Aid may contain a slightly higher concentration of effective active ingredients for allergy relief than that of nonprescription Allerg-Ease, thus Aller-Aid would then be a better choice for an effective nonprescription medication. If this counterexample is true, then it would weaken the author’s