[griffzhowl]

There is a null hypothesis which isn't ruled out: it would take two weeks plus 3-4 days for your sore throat to resolve itself, but you were waiting only two weeks each time, taking your timings at face value.

Still, that doesn't explain why the symptoms return sooner after antibiotics than with homeopathy. The body is complicated and there are many variables.

Do you drink alcohol? I'm wondering whether you consciously or subconsciously adjust how much you drink more during or after an antibiotics course than the homeopathy, or whether there's some similar confounding variable. Strong alcohol of course has some anti-bacterial properties (as well as some well-known side-effects which aren't so beneficial), but I don't really know what I'm talking about, just a thought that occurred

[lolc]

With letting the infection persist there might also be an added effect of having trained the immune system. If this is a case where it takes long to build antibodies. This may result in a longer period without an infection due to the improved immunity.

[karamanolev]

I don't drink, smoke, take drugs. My main vice is drinking a ton (about a liter a day) of Coke Zero.