Erectile dysfunction medications took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A male was spoken with by department officers about unlawfully importing and consequently providing unlicensed impotence medicines via the internet.

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

He will now be the subject of a report to the 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 across that unlicensed medications can be harmful.

"These kinds of products being sold, generally online, have actually gone through no quality assurance and there can be no warranty about their safety.

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