Eating Before Prayer - For Medication
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Question
A young man who takes pills and needs to eat before taking the pill, can he eat something before prayer to swallow the pill?
Answer
Hello,
If it is necessary to take the pill before prayer, it is permitted to eat for this purpose.
Some permit eating for this purpose before prayer - even if medically, one could eat after prayer.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Laws of Prayer, Siman 89, Seif 3
Similarly, eating and drinking for medicinal purposes is permitted.
Biur Halacha there, d"h וכן