I received prenatal vitamins from the hospital that do not have a Hechsher. Can I use them?

 

You would first have have to see if there is a Kosher version of the ones the hospital gave you.

If none are available -which is unlikely – and your doctor requires you to take them, then, if the medicine is tasteless and non-chewable you may take it. If the medicine is chewable and has a taste, you should crush up the pill into a powder and put it in liquid (so it becomes Batul).

If that is not possible, you should wrap the pill in a tissue and it should be consumed that way.

 

Sources:

See S”A Y”D 155:3, Pri Chodesh OC 442 and Shut Tzit Eliezer 6:16.

 

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