Erectile dysfunction medications took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large quantities of unlicensed medicines have actually been taken by Department of Health officials during a search of a home in Glengormley.

A guy was spoken with by department officers about unlawfully importing and subsequently providing unlicensed impotence medicines via the web.

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

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

The search was carried out by the Regulatory Group.

Its senior enforcement office, Peter Moore, stated: "It is essential that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medicines can be unsafe.

"These types of products being sold, usually online, have actually gone through no quality assurance and there can be no guarantee about their safety.

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