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Sedative on Shabbat

Question

Is it permissible to take a sedative on Shabbat for someone suffering from stress or anxiety?

Answer

Shalom Rav,

It is permissible to take a sedative on Shabbat.

Answered 20 November 2022 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 328

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