bad medicine
Cure worse than disease
Bad medicine is something harmful or likely to cause trouble—the opposite of a cure.
The phrase draws on the idea that medicine should heal, so bad medicine worsens your situation: Mixing alcohol with those pills is bad medicine.
It can describe a person who brings misfortune: Stay away from him—he's bad medicine.
The term also echoes Native American spiritual concepts where medicine encompasses broader forces of power and fate.
- nostrumUnproven pet remedy
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
- quackeryFraudulent medical practice
- pseudoscienceBogus methodology posing as factual
- dark magicMalevolent supernatural practice
overprescription · contraindication · side effects · hex · misdiagnosis · bad news · negligence · Bon Jovi · misinformation · curse · evil eye · bad sign · bad omen · poison pill · snake oil · folk remedy · exploitation · environmental harm
bad medicinemiracle cure
Instant, implausible healing solution
panacea · cure · remedy · healing · wonder drug
bad medicinegood news
Favorable information received
blessing · good fortune · stroke of luck · silver lining · boon
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