Fasting: Do Tablets Break the Fast If They’re Not Considered Food or Drink?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Do Tablets Break the Fast If They’re Not Considered Food or Drink?

English:

Question #765:

Since we think taking tablets for treatment is not regarded as eating or drinking in the common view, would taking them void the fast?

Answer #765:

Taking tablets through the mouth invalidates the fast.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Fasting