"Internet prescription shopping.
ONE ROUTE many people may be considering travelling down in search of cheaper prescription drugs is via the web. Online pharmacies have grown into a big business in the US, the UK and continental Europe but it’s against the law to buy drugs online and the Irish Medicines Board has a rigorous policing system in place.
Last week Pat O’Mahony, chief executive of the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) said a total of 299,053 tablets, 55,789 capsules, 24 litres of liquids and 36.5kg of creams were seized last year, being illegally imported after they were ordered on the internet.
The IMB works closely with customs officials when it comes to tracing drugs being bought over the web, but the risk of getting caught is not the only problem."
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