purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investigation
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Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
I would ring them. The regulator will be far more interested in closing down the website than to prosecute you. Sure if they prosecuted everyone who is buying some stuff online knowingly or unknowingly noone would tell them anything anymore and that's their only way of finding these webpages. Ring and ask to speak to the person in charge and ask them do you need legal advice. Imagine that suff you bought was dodgy and something happened to you. Then the fact emerged that you bought that stuff online and then everyone would point their finger at the IMB and say "and why aren't they doing anything about this".
I would ring them. The regulator will be far more interested in closing down the website than to prosecute you. Sure if they prosecuted everyone who is buying some stuff online knowingly or unknowingly noone would tell them anything anymore and that's their only way of finding these webpages. Ring and ask to speak to the person in charge and ask them do you need legal advice. Imagine that suff you bought was dodgy and something happened to you. Then the fact emerged that you bought that stuff online and then everyone would point their finger at the IMB and say "and why aren't they doing anything about this".
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Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
Maggs,
Got the same thing in the post today. Just wondering how yours turned out ??? bit worried
Maggs,
Got the same thing in the post today. Just wondering how yours turned out ??? bit worried
Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
Hi,
Update - I sent on the details of the website to the IMB. They replied back that they had to destroy the medicine and if I had any issue with that to reply back. Obviously I didn't! I get the impression that they are more interested in the vendor than in me, so I would cooperate with them and give them the information.
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Maggs
Hi,
Update - I sent on the details of the website to the IMB. They replied back that they had to destroy the medicine and if I had any issue with that to reply back. Obviously I didn't! I get the impression that they are more interested in the vendor than in me, so I would cooperate with them and give them the information.
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Maggs
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Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
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Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
So only heroin is illegal, then?
Thank you for enlightening me.
So only heroin is illegal, then?
Thank you for enlightening me.
Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
OP,you are not in trouble.Tell them where you got the drugs and that will be the end of it..As stated by another poster,they are after the website. Don't waste your money getting legal advice.
OP,you are not in trouble.Tell them where you got the drugs and that will be the end of it..As stated by another poster,they are after the website. Don't waste your money getting legal advice.
Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
Remfan is correct. I didn't need legal advice - the IMB asked my permission to destroy the medicine. I gave it and they informed me the case was closed. Thank god I didn't go to the expense of employing a solicitor!
Remfan is correct. I didn't need legal advice - the IMB asked my permission to destroy the medicine. I gave it and they informed me the case was closed. Thank god I didn't go to the expense of employing a solicitor!
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Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
I buy my contact lenses online. These too need a prescription. I wouldn't be very pleased if some irish board decided to confiscate them.
Stuff bought online is generally far, far cheaper.
I buy my contact lenses online. These too need a prescription. I wouldn't be very pleased if some irish board decided to confiscate them.
Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
Contact Lenses and an eyesight prescription is WAY different than a medicines one. Do you know exactly what is contained in a medicine you buy off the internet? Theres been loads of horror stories of all sorts of fillers, poisons etc found in Internet bought Medication.
Contact Lenses and an eyesight prescription is WAY different than a medicines one. Do you know exactly what is contained in a medicine you buy off the internet? Theres been loads of horror stories of all sorts of fillers, poisons etc found in Internet bought Medication.
Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
Yes, but did you guess the strength of the lenses to buy? I doubt it, one would generally have seen an optician in the first place in order to determine which ones were suitable. And even then, its not like you ingest your contacts. Silly analogy to make......
Yes, but did you guess the strength of the lenses to buy? I doubt it, one would generally have seen an optician in the first place in order to determine which ones were suitable. And even then, its not like you ingest your contacts. Silly analogy to make......
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Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
I've just got the same letter for purchasing a supply of Tylenol Paracetamol 500mg capsules. I've done it many times before.
Is Paracetamol a prescription-only drug in Ireland?
I've just got the same letter for purchasing a supply of Tylenol Paracetamol 500mg capsules. I've done it many times before.
Is Paracetamol a prescription-only drug in Ireland?
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Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
I'd have thought a Doctor would know!!
I'd have thought a Doctor would know!!
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Re: purchased prescription only medication online 2mo ago: Medicines Board Investiga
Perhaps it's a licencing issue? Tylenol (unlike GlaxoSmithKline et al) isn't an IMB-approved manufacturer. The tablets are manufactured in Thailand — as are many pharmaceuticals packaged in Ireland. They've tried making aspirin too, apparently, but found that paracetamol.
Lol, no, I'm a doctor of the "unreal" variety.
No, the IMB website lists many paracetamol 500g products that are licensed for OTC sale, and as far as I can see paracetamol is not — as my letter states — "pharmacy-confined" or "prescription-only". Or else every petrol station/newsagent/supermarket in the country is in breach.
Perhaps it's a licencing issue? Tylenol (unlike GlaxoSmithKline et al) isn't an IMB-approved manufacturer. The tablets are manufactured in Thailand — as are many pharmaceuticals packaged in Ireland. They've tried making aspirin too, apparently, but found that paracetamol.
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I would think it's a licensing issue.
Took me a few reads to get the paracetamol joke - stick to the day job!
I would think it's a licensing issue.
Took me a few reads to get the paracetamol joke - stick to the day job!
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