Erectile dysfunction medications took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A male was spoken with by department officers about illegally importing and consequently providing unlicensed impotence medications through the web.

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

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

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

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

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

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