Taking Medicine on Shabbat
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Question
A child has a fever – is it permitted to give medicine?
Answer
Shalom u-vracha.
It is permitted on Shabbat to give medicine to a child who has a fever, or to a child who is suffering from some illness even without a fever.
An adult who is ill is also permitted to take medicine on Shabbat, on condition that he is defined as a “choleh,” meaning he has become weak to the point that he needs to lie in bed, or he is suffering in his whole body [excluding a case of localized pain in one limb, which does not in itself define the person as a “choleh”].
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 328
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