Using Bathroom At Night
Question
I wake up in the middle of the night , seemingly because of a need to go to the bathroom. Afterwards it could be difficult to go back to sleep. I believe there is a medication that prevents one from feeling the need to go to the bathroom. Is it permitted to take this medicine? Being that the Halacha is that if one feels he needs to go the bathroom he should go to the bathroonm and not wait ( if he would need to go to the bathroom within 72 minutes?), so the medicine takes away the feeling but the מציאות is that one needs to go to the bathroom.
Answer
Shalom!
Thank you for your question.
It is permitted to take this medicine. There is no need to be concerned since you do not feel the urge to excuse yourself.