Detailed information on thousands of medicines and health products are now online for consumers.
The Irish Medicines Board (IMB), which has authorised more than 6,000 human medicines and over 1,000 veterinary medicines, today put live its new website www.imb.ie.
The site will benefit anyone interested in regulation of medicines and the safety, legal, licensing and availability of healthcare products and up to 500,000 medical devices in use throughout Europe.
Online users can report suspected adverse reactions and quality defects relating to medicines and medical devices. Online reporting of suspected adverse reactions to veterinary medicines will be added later this year.
Each medicine authorised for use in Ireland is listed along with a detailed summary of product characteristics and the patient information leaflet that can be downloaded.
"The objective of the website is to assist people to source a wide range of information quickly," said IMB chief executive Pat O'Mahony.
"The site also hosts all our safety newsletters and publications which assist healthcare professionals keep abreast of the latest safety information on a host of medicines."