the cure is worse than the disease

Etymology
From attributed to Virgil in book XII of the Aeneid.

Phrase

 * 1) The medical treatment for an illness produces a worse net result than the illness does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via adverse effects.
 * 2)  The solution or proposed solution to a problem produces a worse net result than the problem does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via unintended consequences.
 * 3) * 2014-06-11, Robert Johnson The Real News Network:
 * Regarding the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act and other repeals of financial regulations, or even in legislating new financial regulations, you have to be careful that the cure is not worse than the disease.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: qaş düzəltmək əvəzinə göz çıxarmaq
 * French:
 * Portuguese: pior a emenda que o soneto, a emenda sair pior que o soneto
 * Spanish: es peor el remedio que la enfermedad, el remedio es peor que la enfermedad
 * Vietnamese: chữa lợn lành thành lợn què