Officials seize 200,000 slimming tablets a year

An average of nearly 200,000 slimming tablets are being seized every year, according to the State medicines watchdog.

Officials seize 200,000 slimming tablets a year

Experts estimate the figure represents an unknown fraction of the total quantity bought on the web by unsuspecting consumers through often legitimate-looking online pharmacies.

It comes as gardaí and health authorities continue their investigations into the death of a young man following the suspected consumption of a slimming product ordered over the internet.

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