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"This is the list of walks I take every day. Can you check if it's all right?"

That's not an uncommon phrase, it's a common one that pharmacists regularly hear in pharmacies. Capsules and pills have become a common part of our lives, and in many people the day begins not with cereal, but with a belt of walks. Is it a good idea to exercise? Obviously not. But it's worth understanding what happens to your body when you're offered the first pill for a headache, let's say.

In this book pharmacist Viktoria Mikhailova tells us about the effect of medicines on our body and how the body reacts to them, what do all these phrases like "take natschesseretsya" and "30 hvilin before eating" mean. She talks about the history and future of pharmacy, popular medicines and their production, pharmaceutical myths and peculiarities of taking medicines in emergency situations.

Victoria tells how people went from treatment with mercury baths, gold and bear to the production of real medicines, and also explains how long it takes to develop a single "pill" and why liquids with the same composition differ so much in price. And also, of course, describes how do znebolyuvalni and cough medicines, which are just now lying in your home medicine cabinet, and what is dangerous grapefruit in combination with medicines.