Bunuel wrote:
Pharmacists are generally considered more experienced than even doctors, because they dispense the medicines prescribed by many doctors. Hence purchasing medicines from a pharmacy without a doctor's prescription is not as inadvisable as is made out to be, in cases of common ailments such as colds, fever, etc.
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the conclusion drawn above?
A. Common ailments such as colds and fever are often symptomatic of complicated conditions.
B. Doctors are generally much better qualified, academically, than pharmacists.
C. The effectiveness of medicines depends upon the constitution of the patients.
D. Most patients resort to such purchases because going to doctors for common ailments is not economical.
E. Pharmacists are usually taught the deeper aspects of diseases and medicines
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For all CR butler Questions Click Here A. Common ailments such as colds and fever are often symptomatic of complicated conditions.--> Correct. This may be a problem since the Pharmacist would only be treating a symptom rather than the actual ailment
B. Doctors are generally much better qualified, academically, than pharmacists.
--> Could be a weakening statement but for common ailments such as colds, fever, etc. people might not need such expert advice.
C. The effectiveness of medicines depends upon the constitution of the patients.
--> Irrelevant.
D. Most patients resort to such purchases because going to doctors for common ailments is not economical.
--> The financial aspects are not discussed in this argument.
E. Pharmacists are usually taught the deeper aspects of diseases and medicines
--> This cannot be the reason for not going to a doctor.
IMO Option A