June 2020 LSAT Section 2 Question 9

Consumer advocate: Even relatively minor drug-related interactions can still be harmful to patients. For example, as...

Abigail-Okereke on January 27, 2023

a vs e

Why is (A) a better answer choice than (E)? My rephrase was that patients are neglecting to read already available medical instructions. E matches this because it states that pharmacists draw attention to the warning label, which means that patients are already being notified and neglecting it. Is there an error in my logic?

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Emil-Kunkin on January 31, 2023

Hi, A weakens the argument because it provides a compelling reason not to do what the argument suggests. If a medication has 100 interactions, 99 of which are mild and one is serious, anything that might make people more likely to have the serious effect would be bad, and A suggests that including all interactions would make people more likely to have the serious effect by ignoring the label altogether.

I don't know if E does anything, but if it does, it might strengthen the argument. If doctors point out the labels to people, then people are more likely to pay attention to them, which means that we should make them aware of all effects since we will have patients attention.