The Ministry of Health clarified how and how to take medicines during the month of Ramadan, especially medicines for diabetes, hypertension and glandular patients, in addition to patients with the digestive system and heart.
pressure medications
It is preferable to take blood pressure medications after Tarawih prayers, to avoid feeling dizzy, as well as diuretics, and it is not desirable to take them directly before bed, so that the patient can enjoy a calm sleep.
glands
After breakfast, stop eating any other meal for 4 hours, then take the gland medication, and wait for a full hour, until you can eat any other food, or you can drink a glass of water with a date after breakfast, then take the gland medication, and wait from 30 to 60 minutes, and then you can eat.
The Ministry warned against taking nutritional supplements that contain calcium and iron at the same time as taking the glandular medicine, except after 4 hours have passed, and it is preferable to take the medicine on an empty stomach.
Cholesterol (high fat)
Cholesterol drugs should be used with the same dose prescribed to the patient before Ramadan after breakfast, and recent studies recommend sticking to using them even if the cholesterol level is not high for groups who suffer from diseases or factors that cause heart attacks or strokes as they work to reduce the chances of infection, and it is preferable to avoid eating grapes Fruit or juice, while adhering to the prescribed diet.
stomach
It is preferable to take the dose after breakfast, on a date and water, and wait for half an hour and then eat the meal, or half an hour before the pre-dawn meal. As for the fast-acting tablets or drink, it is used when feeling a burning stomach, provided that the doses are separated by at least two hours.
Avoid consuming foods and drinks that irritate the stomach, such as coffee, tea, and fatty or spicy foods. If symptoms persist even after taking medications, you should see a doctor.
diabetes
Consult your specialist doctor before the month of Ramadan to make sure that you are able to fast during Ramadan. At the beginning of Ramadan, it may be necessary to do a regular blood sugar analysis in order to adjust the dose according to what the doctor sees.
Glibenclamide
The breakfast dose is the same and because it causes a drop in sugar, it is preferable to reduce the suhoor dose by half.
Metformin
If the patient uses the medicine 500 mg once, then he takes the pill at breakfast. If he takes two pills per day, 500 or 1000 mg, he takes one pill at breakfast and another with suhoor. If the patient uses three pills per day 1/4, it is preferable to take two pills after breakfast and one pill at the time of Suhoor if He used to take four pills, two with breakfast and two with Suhoor. As for the regulator 750 XR, it is preferable to take one dose after breakfast, whether it was one, two or three pills.
Gliclazide
If it is taken once, it is taken at breakfast, and if the sugar is controlled, it is possible to reduce the dose if it is taken twice, then it is taken at breakfast and before Suhoor, and if the sugar is more controlled, it is preferable to reduce the dose of Suhoor.
Pioglitazone HCI Vidagliptin Empagliflozin Liraglutide, taken at the same dose before Ramadan.
Insulin detemir
If he uses a single dose, it is taken with breakfast, while reducing the dose by 15-30%. If it is taken twice, the breakfast dose is the same and the Suhoor dose is reduced by half.
Glulisine
The first dose is taken in full with breakfast (the same dose as breakfast before Ramadan) Suhoor dose (dinner dose before Ramadan) It is preferable to reduce it by 20-30% Diabetes medications in Ramadan Insulin glulisine The third dose (lunch dose before Ramadan) is canceled.
Insulin lispro protaminin mix50
If the patient takes one dose, it should be taken at breakfast in full. If he is taking two doses, then he takes the same dose at breakfast with a 50% reduction in the suhoor dose. Diabetes medicines in Ramadan: insulin lispro protamine mix50 If he takes three doses, he suffices with two doses, as the third dose is illustrated. (Lunch dose before Ramadan)
إInsulin (mixed)
The morning dose is taken as it is with breakfast in Ramadan. The second dose is taken at Suhoor, taking into account that it is reduced by 50% in Ramadan. Insulin (mixed) diabetes medicines if one dose is used, then it is taken with breakfast with a dose reduction 30-50%
Insulin glargine
If using a single dose, take it with breakfast, reducing the dose by 30-50%.
Insulin lispro protamine 100
The first dose is taken in full with breakfast (the same dose as breakfast before Ramadan) and it can be adjusted based on the reading of the sugar measurement after breakfast. Suhoor dose (the dose of dinner before Ramadan) It is preferable to reduce it by half. Diabetes medications in Ramadan Insulin lispro protamine 100 The third dose (lunch dose before Ramadan) is canceled
Insulin lispro protamine mix25
If the patient takes one dose, then it is taken at breakfast in full. If he takes two doses, then he takes the same dose at breakfast with a 50% reduction in the suhoor dose.
Fast acting insulin aspart
The first dose is taken in full with breakfast (the same dose for breakfast before Ramadan) and it can be adjusted based on the reading of the sugar measurement after breakfast. Suhoor dose (dinner dose before Ramadan) It is preferable to reduce it by half. Diabetes medications in Ramadan Fast-acting insulin aspart The third dose (lunch dose before Ramadan) is canceled
Insulin aspart protamine
If the patient takes one dose, then it is taken at breakfast in full. If he takes two doses, then he takes the same dose at breakfast with a 50% reduction in the suhoor dose.
Insulin isoforms (mixed)
If the patient takes one dose, then it is taken at breakfast in full. If he takes two doses, he takes the same dose at breakfast with a 50% reduction in the suhoor dose.
asthma
Using an asthma inhaler during the day in Ramadan does not invalidate the fast because it is pressurized gas that goes to the lungs and is not food.
Antibiotics
If it is used every 24 hours, it is preferable to use it after breakfast at the same time every day. If it is used every 12 hours, it is used after breakfast at a fixed time, and the second dose after 12 hours. Antibiotics in Ramadan.
vitamins
It can be taken at any fixed time from Iftar to Suhoor, preferably after meals.
Eye
Using eye drops or ointments during the day in Ramadan does not invalidate the fast because it is an external medicine that is placed in the eyes and does not reach the stomach.