Harmful psychiatric medications remain on the market because too few doctors, patients or their relatives fail to report the sometimes very serious side effects of these drugs.
Report Adverse Reactions to Medicines
The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) provides a page on its website that allows a person to report side effects and adverse drug reactions when he or she has been or is still taking psychotropic (mind altering) medication.
We encourage anyone to visit this web page and report any adverse effects they may be aware of. This is one way that the effects of medicines are recorded and recognised. The information could also result in the drug being withdrawn from the market.
Some of the most dangerous medicines are psychotropic drugs, as these tend to be introduced more speedily, have more side effects and fewer provable or tangible benefits than mainstream drugs that are designed specifically to cure diagnosable and physical symptoms.
If you have suffered from side effects as a result of taking psychiatric medication please use a Human Medicines Adverse Reaction Report of the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) to report it.
