Millions of people around the world cannot imagine their lives without medications. Everyone knows simple truths: analgin helps with a headache, aspirin and paracetamol are indispensable for a fever, and an infection must be treated with antibiotics. It would seem that any health problem can be solved by taking a “magic” pill. But today we increasingly hear the opinion that medications do more harm than good. While temporarily eliminating symptoms, they do not affect the cause of the disease and at the same time cause many side effects. This book will make readers think about important questions: is it worth sacrificing health for the sake of the prosperity of the pharmaceutical industry, whether to believe the advertising of “miracle” pills, how to minimize the harm from taking medications, if necessary, and in what cases it makes sense to resort to other methods of struggle with diseases.