A doctor admonished a patient that medicine alone wasn't enough, what else did the patient need?
take pills will to survive appear better
will to survive
the doctor has already said that medicine alone wasn't enough, so "take pills" can't be the answer. "appear better" is not an act or a cause of anything, it's a result. and it's well known that an important factor in recovering from any illness is a desire to do so, so "will to survive" is the answer.
medicine alone wasn't enough