Erectile dysfunction meds and sedatives among 1.6m illegal medicines seized last year

Nearly 13kg of illegal medicine seized in Dublin last year. 

More than 1.6m units of illegal medicines like sedatives and erectile dysfunction medications were detained in 2020, a sharp increase on previous figures, which the State said is “very concerning”.

The inflated statistics represent a 58% increase on the number of doses seized in 2019, the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) said.