To dream of taking quack medicines, signifies that you are taking the wrong course of action with regards to your problems and affairs.
To dream you take quack medicine, shows that you are growing morbid under some trouble, and should overcome it by industrious application to duty. To read the advertisement of it, foretells unhappy companions will wrong and distress you.
To dream of dosing yourself with quack medicines show you are in a position in your life or affairs that trouble you greatly and you are *taking the wrong medicine* to cure the situation. To read about it warns of false friends and foolish lies.