Concerta/Ritalin on Pesach- Urgent

Those letters in parentheses are the manufacturer. I assume there is a glossary of abbreviations in the book.

For example, I am confident that TEV is Teva.

So look on your bottle and see what company is making your pills, and then see if it is one of those 3.

Plite

Call a Rabbi! Call your Rov and if he doesn’t know he can call someone who does. Also you can download Rabbi Bess’s list of approved medications.

The CRC of Chicago says that all pill medicine that is swallowed is ok, even if it contains some amount of chometz.

I rely on that l’chatchila, but even if you for some reason don’t, I think this situation is b’dieved enough that you can rely on it. Or at least if you can’t find out and presumably would have a problem getting other ones.

PBA – Al Pi Rov – if one doesn’t know whether drug pills have Chometz or not – one can assume they are just Kitniyos because most are made with corn starch, not other kinds of starch.

Just as a side note: All of a sudden when it comes to a Kula you hold of the cRc, but you laugh at their P’sak about coffee!

plite: Of course, you should try to follow your own rav regarding whether pills can contain chometz. I was just pointing out that if you can’t get the correct pills, then I think you will be fine anyway, since I am sure your rav would say to rely on this psak b’dieved, even if he doesn’t want to rely on it l’chatchila.

(Although, the easiest first step is to probably call and ask him if he relies on this psak l’chatchila, in which case you’re done.)

Health:

There is a kal v’chomer. If in a case where it is muttar they say it is assur, in a case where it is assur, ?? ?? ????

Also, maybe I asked my rav if I should rely on this?

Veltz Meshugener -“Health: Their mistake was that they gave the whole megillah behind their psak about coffee and it didn’t make any sense. If they had just said that they investigated and it was a problem, everyone would listen.”

Ok, so s/o can just go to Star-K’s website where they say it’s Ossur, w/o a Megilla, L’chatchilla. To Mach Avek (make away) because of the way some guy working for them posted the Psak on the website Is Not a Good idea! I’m quite sure it wasn’t the Av Bais Din who posted it on their webpage. So anybody who has a drop of Yiras Shomayim can just call their Av Bais Din or R’ Heineman and discuss why it’s Ossur L’chatchilla. I’m sure they know S’A as well as anybody here in the CR.

I don’t think you can download R’ Bess’s list online, you’ll have to call them. Google Kehilas Yaakov and that’s their website. It says you have to contact them to receive a list. I have the booklet in front of me and it says

Methylphenidate Tablet made by Malinckrodt/tyco,

concerta tablets made by Ortho-Mcneil Jannsen.

I know someone who asked this question. As of now, although the Concerta is being packaged by different labels due to pharmaceutical company issues, the generic is exactly the same as the original in the United States.

In Canada, the generic for Concerta is produced differently and you would have to check. This is relatively recent. But the regular is definitely fine (by whoever first produced it, I don’t know who.)

Methylphenadate is listed in the Passover Guide by Kollel Los Angeles.

How about asking them to place you on their mailing list, so that next year thou receive their pamphlet in a timely manner as I do each year, timely manner usually being the week immediately following Purim.