Drug intake during Ramadan

doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7469.778

BMJ 2004;329:778-782 (2 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7469.778

Clinical review

Drug intake during Ramadan

N Aadil, assistant professor¹, I E Houti, assistant professor¹, S Moussamih, assistant professor¹

¹ Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, 19 Rue Tarik Bnou Ziad, Casablanca 20000, Morocco

Correspondence to: N Aadil aadil_nadia@yahoo.fr

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Introduction

During Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar,adult Muslims are required to refrain from taking any food,beverages, or oral drugs, as well as from sexual intercourse,between dawn and sunset. Ramadan can occur in any of the fourseasons, and the hours spent fasting vary accordingly from 11hours to 18 hours a day. Rhythms of life and habits during thisfasting period differ from one country to another. In Morocco,two to three meals daily are eaten within a short overnightspan during this month. The first meal might be taken immediatelyafter sunset (Iftar) and the second one around three hours later(dinner); the last meal might be taken shortly before dawn (Sohour).Intake of drug doses is therefore not easy, and its adjustmentto the life rhythm of Ramadan is often not rational.

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