Erectile dysfunction medications took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large amounts of unlicensed medications have actually been seized by Department of Health officials during a search of a home in Glengormley.

A man was interviewed by department officers about unlawfully importing and subsequently providing unlicensed impotence medicines by means of the web.

The 47-year-old was likewise questioned about other medicine offenses.

He will now be the of a report to the Public Prosecution Service.

The search was performed by the department's Medicines Regulatory Group.

Its senior enforcement workplace, Peter Moore, stated: "It is important that we get the message across that unlicensed medicines can be unsafe.

"These types of products being offered, usually online, have actually undergone no quality control and there can be no guarantee about their safety.

"You merely do not know what you are taking or the conditions these items were made in. More importantly, you do not understand the impact drugs like this may have on your health."