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Ramadan medicine guide for pharmacists and clinicians
Fasting patients ask the same questions every year: when to take each medicine, what to change and when to break the fast. MediHelp's Ramadan Guide gathers the answers with their sources.
Short answer
The MediHelp Ramadan Guide is a reference for healthcare professionals on medicines during Ramadan. It covers re-timing medicines between iftar and suhoor, diabetes dose changes, when to break the fast, medicines that need extra care and counselling points, based on cited sources. It supports, and does not replace, clinical judgement.
What it does
- Timing medicines between iftar and suhoor. How to re-time once, twice and more often daily medicines.
- Diabetes in Ramadan. Dose changes, using the IDF-DAR guidance as a basis.
- When to break the fast. The warning signs and when a patient should not fast.
- Medicines that need extra care. Heart and kidney medicines, diuretics and dehydration, narrow-therapeutic-index medicines, and levothyroxine, PPI and statin timing.
- Counselling points. What to tell patients before Ramadan and during it.
How to use it
- Start before Ramadan. Review each patient's medicines and timing before the month begins.
- Use the timing rules by medicine class. Check how each class is re-timed.
- Share the counselling points. Give patients the daily tips and the signs to stop fasting.
Where the information comes from
Each section of the guide cites its sources. See the editorial policy for how MediHelp handles sources, review and corrections.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the Ramadan guide for?
Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who counsel patients who fast.
Does it say who should not fast?
It includes a section on when a patient should not fast, and the signs that mean the fast should be broken. Decisions remain with the patient's clinician.
Is the guide available in Arabic?
The clinical text is written in English and Arabic.
When is it available?
The guide opens in the weeks before Ramadan and stays through the season.
MediHelp is a reference and education tool for healthcare professionals and students. It supports, and does not replace, clinical judgement or the official product label. Check anything that affects a patient against the source.
