Record rate of bad reactions from taking online drugs

THE medicines watchdog has warned that thousands of people are putting their health at serious risk by buying drugs online, after reporting the highest recorded level of adverse reactions in a single year.

New figures released by the Irish Medicines Board yesterday show that last year alone a massive 2,742 unexpected health complications were reported.

The number of complications, which range from minor complaints to hospitalisations, is almost a third more than in 2007 and is the highest reported by the regulatory watchdog.