MENTAL HEALTH
Minding men in uniform
Few Armed Forces personnel seek help for mental health disorders and novel approaches will be needed to encourage personnel at risk of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), anxiety and alcohol abuse to seek treatment, says a note from
Illegal medicines
Caught red-handed
An investigation by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has resulted in guilty pleas for supplying unlicensed, and potentially dangerous, medicinal products. Two men appeared before the Oxford Crown Court charged with offences under Trade Mark, Misuse of Drugs and medicines regulatory legislation. They pleaded guilty to all charges. Gediminas has been sentenced to 16 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, among other things. Vytautas has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment, suspended for two years. In July 2015, enforcement officers from the MHRA entered the men’s residence, and storage units hired in their names. The officers found almost 470,000 tablets of unlicensed erectile dysfunction medication, counterfeit medicines and Class C controlled drug Tramadol. The officers also found over £6,000 in cash and electronic records of medicines trading including customer details.