[Avodah] pills from shellfish

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:20:30PM +0300, Eli Turkel wrote:
: Some medicines are made from ground up shellfish.
: Can someone give me pointers for discussions of the kashrut of such pills.
: Is is similar to the Gelatin question?

For gelatin in capsules, perhaps. IOW, you have the added tzad heter of
these not being ra'ui la'achilah, and without flavoring, no achshevei
issue even.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha