Prescription Drugs

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Late-night pharmacy openings under threat

Pharmacies are ending their late-night services and reducing their weekend opening hours due to the financial pressures they currently face, the IPU has warned

Thu, 08 Jun, 2023

Readers' blog: My sister has been addicted to prescription pain medication for the last seven years

A recent contributor to your blog addressed her appeal around addiction to prescription drugs to "anyone who will listen".

Tue, 19 Feb, 2019

13-year-olds selling prescription drugs on street

The Government has been put under pressure to change the laws around the illegal sale of prescription drugs on the street in the wake of the most recent gangland murder.

Thu, 26 May, 2016

Roísín Shortall to press Leo Varadkar over delays to drug laws

Former drugs minister Róisín Shortall has said there appeared to be a “reluctance” within the Department of Health to bring in long-awaited regulations to address widespread abuse of prescription drugs.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2015