It is claimed Irish doctors are overprescribing antidepressants to patients.

People aged 45 and under are using several types of medications every month which may not be appropriate, a new study reveals.

The number of patients in the public health system taking prescribed antidepressants has increased by almost 20% in a five-year period.

Health chiefs say illegal steroid use remains “unacceptably high” after new figures show that almost 100,000 steroid tablets were seized last year.

An estimated 3m medication errors are made in Irish hospitals per year, one mistake per hospital patient per day, according to the health watchdog.

University Hospital Limerick has been criticised over medication safety, with inspectors claiming that “the collective nature of the risks identified presented potential risks to patients”.

Cystic Fibrosis Ireland has welcomed the long-awaited deal completed by the HSE and drug manufacturer Vertex to make a wonder CF drug available.

The company operating Lloyds pharmacies here has brought a legal challenge to new regulations governing the display of non-prescription medicines which may only be sold in pharmacies.

A thief took medication and cash from a terminally ill man as he slept in his home, police said.

A US company that raised the price of a drug for treating a deadly parasitic infection by more than 5,000% says it will roll back some of the increase.

The chief executive of a US pharmaceutical company has defended his firm’s decision to raise the price of an Aids medication by more than 5,000% practically overnight.

Websites selling over-the-counter medicines in Ireland now have to display an EU logo to show that the drugs are safe and effective.

A coroner has issued a second warning about prescribing a popular antibiotic to patients already on cholesterol-lowering drugs after details of another death caused by a rare but potentially fatal interaction between them emerged yesterday.

Private patients are losing out when it comes to being treated for high blood pressure — they are significantly less likely to be on medication to control it than those with medical cards, research has found.

One in eight Irish adults are suffering with chronic pain, described as pain that "lasts longer than 3 months".

A medicine shortage caused by excessive drug price cuts imposed by the HSE is having a negative impact on patient care, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.