Pharmacists warn of possible methadone scheme collapse

Pharmacists are warning the country's methadone treatment scheme could collapse.

Pharmacists are warning the country's methadone treatment scheme could collapse.

The Irish Pharmaceutical Union says the State's medicines schemes - including the methadone treatment used to wean heroin addicts off the street version of the drug - could come to an end if the HSE does not review fees paid to its members.

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