Reply To: Non kosher medicines

well even if you have kosher capsules , who said you can take them?

People think that food swallowed in a capsule is muttar because it is “shelo kiderech achilah”

However the poskim disagree if “shelo kiderech achilah” is muttar for a healthy person or just “choleh shein bo sakanah”

Shach and chomas adam argue. the shach holds that easurai achilah are muttar even for a healthy person

However, even according to the shach one should take in account that Rabbi shlomo zalman aurbach wrote in teshuvah that a capsule does not render a med “shelo kiderech achilah” because the capsule is made to make easier swallowing.