[Avodah] Pills on Yom Kippur

[Kenneth Miller]

R' Zvi Lampel wrote:

> There are poskim who do permit caffeine pills on other fast
> days, including Tish'a B'av, for the reason you noted--it is
> not derech achilah. On Yom Kippur, however, there is the
> additional concern of the gezeyrah against taking medicine.

Good point, but it would not apply to someone who gets so weak from fasting that they are a Choleh She'Ain Bo Sakana.

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