Daily Halacha - Is it Permissible to Take Pain Relievers on Shabbat?
Understanding when medications are allowed on the holy day according to Jewish law
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Is it Permissible to Take Pain Relievers on Shabbat?
A person with mild pain should not take medications on Shabbat, lest one come to grind medicinal ingredients.
However, if the medication is only for pain relief - there is room for leniency (like Acamol/Tylenol), and similarly if one began taking pills before Shabbat and would greatly suffer if they stopped - it is permissible for them (Kitzur Yalkut Yosef, p. 716).
If Someone Has Tooth Pain, Is it Permissible to Gargle with Arak on Shabbat?
One who has tooth pain is permitted to drink arak despite intending it for medicinal purposes, but they should not hold the liquid in their mouth - rather they should swallow it and not spit it out [Chazon Ovadia 3, p. 243].
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