VANCOUVER — A Canadian psychiatrist is advising doctors to help address the needs of mentally ill Muslim patients whose medication regimen could be affected by fasting during the upcoming religious observance of Ramadan. "If there's clear medical advice to patients then I think they would take that into consideration when choosing to fast or not. But I wonder how many of these frank conversations are actually occurring between doctors and their patients?" "We encourage doctors to think about things like: Are there medications that come in once-daily dosing rather than multiple times a day? "If there's clear medical advice to patients then I think they would take that into consideration when choosing to fast or not.

Source: Huffington Post May 04, 2019 17:15 UTC