Prescription drugs

The PSNI says since the beginning of its winter drink-drive campaign, 50% of drivers tested for drugs have come back positive.

Pharmacists urge islanders to order repeat prescriptions ahead of the coming bank holidays.

A study of five waterways, including the River Lagan and Lough Neagh, finds cocaine and its by-product in 91% of almost 140 water samples.

Cancer patient Christopher Belshaw is struggling to find Creon, a drug which helps him digest food.

Patients enrol in a Greater Manchester study into the long-term affect of the weight-loss drugs.

Many unused medicines end up in landfill or waterways, harming wildlife, the pharmacists say.

India’s booming cough syrup market faces scrutiny after contaminated syrups kill multiple children.

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