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This logo could protect you from buying dangerous fake meds online

A new EU logo will be shown on all legally-operating pharmacies and retailers.

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PEOPLE BUYING MEDICINES online have been warned not to purchase from websites that don’t display the new EU logo.

To tackle the sale of fake medicines online, a new EU logo will be shown on all legally-operating pharmacies and retailers established in the EU.

In Ireland, pharmacies and retailers are allowed supply of non-prescription medicines on the internet.

Public health 

The supply of prescription medicines continues to remain prohibited in Ireland on grounds of public health protection.

Kathleen Lynch, Minister for Primary Care and Social Care urged members of the public to click the logo to ensure that the website is registered on one of the national lists of legally-operating pharmacies/retailers.

This will ensure that the non-prescription medicines you purchase are safe and effective, she said.

Introducing the logo, Minister Lynch said:

Falsified (fake) medicines are a significant health risk to patients. 10.1 million counterfeit and illicit pills were confiscated in 10 days in June 2013.50% of the medicine sold by unregulated online retailers is estimated by the World Health Organisation to be unreliable and potentially harmful.

Lynch added that often fake medicine doesn’t contain the active ingredient that is needed to make the medicine work, or it contains the wrong dose. The substances that are used to bulk up the medicine can also be harmful.

Pharmacies 

In Ireland, the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland is the body responsible for maintaining the list of Irish registered retailers.

However Irish consumers may also purchase non-prescription medicines from a website registered in another EU member state.

“The important thing is to check that the pharmacy/retailer is registered in the member state in question before making a purchase,” said Lynch.

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    Mute Michelle_Herbert
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    Oct 24th 2016, 11:16 AM

    Edenmore is NOT Coolock

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    Mute Jacinta Foley
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    Oct 24th 2016, 12:00 PM

    @ Michelle I was just about to ask when Edenmore became a part of Coolock.it was in Raheny when i grew up around there!

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    Oct 24th 2016, 6:12 PM

    That bugs me as well Michelle. It’s always being done. Something happens in Glasnevin it’s Finglas, something happens in Santry its Ballymun. Does my head in!

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    Mute Sean Beag
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    Oct 24th 2016, 11:13 AM

    Could they not have waited a few weeks until the strike? Poor planning from the criminals.

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    Mute Donal O'Leary
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    Oct 24th 2016, 10:58 AM

    Ah Edenmoore shopping centre never change! the site of me first mugging haha

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    Oct 24th 2016, 2:13 PM

    @Donal O’Leary:did you get caught?

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    Mute Damo Higgins
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    Oct 24th 2016, 1:00 PM

    Just to point out again what some have already said ….EDANMORE IS NOT IN COOLOCK .. we have enough of our own problems we don’t need credit for theirs.. lol

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    Oct 24th 2016, 12:47 PM

    Great work by the Gardai.

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    Oct 24th 2016, 12:19 PM

    Good work catching them. I hope they get a sentence worthy of the crime but I have my doubts

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    Mute Maria Hickey-Fagan
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    Oct 24th 2016, 2:23 PM

    Here’s a tip for the author. Edenmore RAHENY! Not Coolock. Raheny.

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    Oct 24th 2016, 8:37 PM

    @Maria Hickey-Fagan: whats wrong with Coolock?

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    Oct 24th 2016, 12:50 PM

    Vile skum, probably with 100+ previous convictions, the Irish ‘Justice’ System will honour it with a maximum of 3 years with 2 suspended!

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    Oct 24th 2016, 1:57 PM

    Probably run out of cash in the Edenmore House so nipped next door to make a withdrawl.

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    Mute Antoinette Mcloughlin
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    Oct 24th 2016, 4:17 PM

    Even the gardai can’t get locations right in this one. Edenmore is in Raheny not Coolock.

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