Pharmacists to check for tampered Nurofen in Ireland

Pharmacists in Ireland will today check through each individual box of Nurofen Plus painkillers they have in stock.

Pharmacists to check for tampered Nurofen in Ireland
Sat, 27 Aug, 2011 - 10:40

Pharmacists in Ireland will today check through each individual box of Nurofen Plus painkillers they have in stock.

It comes after a sabotage scare in the UK, where boxes of the painkillers were tampered with, and the pills were swapped for anti-psychotic medication.

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