Ramadan

Safe fasting with medication

Are you participating in Ramadan and taking medication due to diabetes? Are you wondering if you can join the fast? Or do you want to know what's best to do with your medication use? Ask us how you can safely fast with medication with diabetes.

Your health first

Your body may react differently to medications due to different eating and drinking patterns. Taking medications and fasting can affect your health if you don't take the right measures. The consequences and risks vary by disease and medication. Never adjust your medication use yourself.

An example

If you take medication meant to be taken after a meal on an empty stomach, your body may react differently. And diabetes requires a different approach than, say, heart disease. Therefore, do not adjust your medication yourself. We adjust the advice to your personal situation.

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What we can do for you...

We can give you medications that work longer, so that taking them once a day is sufficient.
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We may increase or decrease the dose of your medicine. This is sometimes necessary because a medicine can work more strongly, if you eat less.
We can give you advice on when to take it. For example, if you are used to taking a medicine at breakfast. Other medications, on the contrary, you should take them half an hour before meals.