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Campaign to warn of dangers of ‘devastating’ misuse of anabolic steroids
Fears expressed over the lengths young men will go to for the ‘perfect body image’
Being alert to the risks of falsified and substandard medicines
Counterfeit drugs, medical devices and supplements bought online can have tragic consequences for patients
Health Products Regulatory Authority statement on drugs recall
Group advises those taking medicines affected not to abruptly stop taking them
Drugs recalled over impurity classed as ‘probable carcinogen’
About 50,000 Irish patients believed to be affected by move on some heart products containing valsartan
Consumers warned they cannot rely on food intolerance test kits
Authority says there is no single test to diagnose food intolerance
Seizures of illegal prescription drugs rise 233% in a year
Garda and Customs operation results in 11-fold jump in sedative seizures
Medicinal cannabis programme may be in place by autumn
Oireachtas committee hears update on scheme as protester completes 260km walk
Cannabis a ‘tantalising horizon’ for combating severe seizures
Neurologist speaks at health committee examining licensing of medicinal cannabinoids
One in eight have taken medicine prescribed for someone else
Survey also shows one-quarter of patients do not read information notes for treatments
Irish authorities seize €350,000 worth of illegal medicines
Anabolic steroids, sedatives, abortion drugs among 60,000 medicines held in operation
One-third of Irish adults on long-term medication – survey
Health authority concerned over growing use of internet to diagnose medical conditions
Psychiatric patients kept in hospital due to lack of drug
Up to a dozen people with schizophrenia in Co Meath unable to access Clozaril
Interview: Protecting patient safety at Ireland’s medical regulation authority
Lorraine Nolan takes on the battle against counterfeit drugs and shoddy devices
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