premise: I seem to have at least temporarily found the right combination of drugs to relieve the ear pain ( it was horrible last night ) , but I still have several other symptoms that are very annoying and rather debilitating.1 ) Sore throat . I was able to relieve the earache / toothache , but the throat is STILL sore . This is the longest I ' ve had a sore throat since I had my tonsils out when I was in grade eight . I told the doctor yesterday that I had a sore throat , but he did n't even look at my throat.2 ) Cough . Why did the writer look for drugs to relieve the ear pain ?
hypothesis: Because they had some other debilitating symptoms