He replied:

Praise be to Allah. If the slaughtered animal is lawful to eat, its bile may be used as a remedy; otherwise, it may not.

He was asked:

Is it permissible to use wine as a remedy?

He replied:

Using wine as a remedy is forbidden by an explicit statement of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. This is the position of the overwhelming majority of scholars. It is established in the Sahīh:

“He was asked about wine prepared for medicinal use and said: ‘It is a disease, not a remedy.’”

The Sunan collections report:

“He forbade the use of foul substances as remedies.”

Ibn Masʿūd said:

“Allah has not placed your cure in what He has forbidden you.”

Ibn Hibbān narrated in his Sahīh that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“Allah has not placed the cure for my community in what He has forbidden them.”

The Sunan collections also report:

“He was asked about a frog being used in a remedy. He forbade killing it and said: ‘Its croaking is glorification of Allah.’”

This is not comparable to someone compelled by necessity to eat carrion. Eating it certainly achieves the intended purpose, and the person has no alternative. Eating it is obligatory: whoever is compelled by necessity to eat carrion but refrains until he dies will enter Hellfire. Here, however, it is not known