Taking Medicine While Fasting

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Question

It is necessary to swallow a medicine pill while fasting with a little water, what should be done?

Answer

One should make the water bitter, unless it is medicine for a patient who is not in danger, in which case it is permitted without making the water bitter.

Source

Orach Chaim, Siman 594

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