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A16. The following appeared in an article from a health magazine.
“In a yearlong clinical trial of Mi-Quell, a new medicine for treating migraine headaches, researchers observed no significant side effects during the first five months. After six months, however, 20 percent of the subjects in the clinical trial began to report dizziness. Furthermore, during the final six months of the clinical trial, 43 of the subjects fell at least once and 18 were involved in automobile accidents. Such data indicate that Mi-Quell should be used to treat migraine headaches for up to six months, but after that time period doctors should prescribe another medicine.”

1The article only tells us about the side-effects. What about the effects?
2How many subjects were in the research in total?
3The suggestion is absurd.

1/ doubtful trial. Do the patients in the trial have other diseases?  Are they representive of all migraine headaches patients?

2/ the author only focus on the side effects of this medicine and fails to provide any evidence to support that the new medicine is effective in treating migraine headaches. Unless the author provide further evidence, his conclusion that Mi-Quell should be used to treat migraine headaches for up to six months is meaningless.

3/ assumption: the fact that researchers observed no significant side effects during the first five months is insufficient to guarantee the safety of this medicine in this period. There might be invisible side-effect and will bring about healthy problems to the patients later in their life.

4/ no evidence is provided to prove that the accidents are due to the side-effects of this medicine.

1)casual oversimplification-During this clinical tria,l20 percent of the subjects reported dizziness might take other medicine which incurred dizziness.

2)43 of the subjects fell at least once and 18 were involved in automobile accidents not because of the side effect of the medicine but other factors-taking other medicine,dagerous driving habit.

3)Mi-Quell should be used to treat migraine headaches for up to six months, but after that time period doctors should prescribe another medicine-whether the side effect will happen imediately or will take more than 6 months.