Erectile dysfunction medications took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large quantities of unlicensed medicines have actually been seized by Department of Health officials throughout a search of a house in Glengormley.

A male was spoken with by department officers about and consequently supplying unlicensed impotence medications by means of the web.

The 47-year-old was also questioned about other medication offenses.

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

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

Its senior enforcement office, Peter Moore, stated: "It is crucial that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medications can be dangerous.

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

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