Chapter 4. Medicines on Pesach

They Have No Taste
A. Medicines that have no taste may be used on Pesach.

They Have a Taste
B. Medicines that have a taste require verification of their kashrut.

There Is Taste and a Concern of Chametz
C. Medicines that have a taste and contain chametz or a concern of chametz, and which one needs to take in a manner that is permitted on Pesach (as explained below in sections E – F – G), if they are in his possession before Pesach, he should place them in an area that is sold to a non-Jew, and each time he needs them he should take them out of the non-Jew’s domain, explicitly intending that he does not wish to acquire them, use them, and then return them to the non-Jew’s domain.

Purchasing at a Pharmacy
D. If he purchases at a pharmacy [where a sale of chametz was performed], he should intend that he does not wish to acquire it for himself; and even though the medicine is in his home, nevertheless it remains in the non-Jew’s domain.

How the Medicine Is Taken by an Infant or Child
E. The manner of taking the medicine [which has a taste] by an infant or child should be through a child under bar mitzvah age, who gives it to the infant who needs it; and if the one who needs it is an older child but still under the age of mitzvot, he should take it himself.

How an Adult Takes It [When It Is Permitted to Take on Pesach]
F. An adult who needs to take a flavored syrup must have the medicine in the non-Jew’s domain, as above, and each time he needs it, he should take it out of the non-Jew’s domain and make the medicine bitter.

A Swallowable Pill
G. An adult who needs to take a flavored pill meant to be swallowed should clarify with the doctor whether it is possible to take the pill and dissolve it. If the pill cannot be dissolved, the medicine must be in the non-Jew’s domain, as above, and each time he needs it, he should take it out of the non-Jew’s domain and make the water bitter.