Erectile dysfunction medicines took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A man was interviewed by department officers about illegally importing and consequently supplying unlicensed impotence medicines via the internet.

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

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

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

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

"These types of items being offered, normally online, have gone through 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 notably, you do not understand the result drugs like this may have on your health."