Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 October 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Dr. Richard Healy:

Not that I am aware of, around menopause. There has been a little bit of work on over-the-counter Nurofen. That has all stopped now. It was creating a lot of issues and people were put on methadone because of it. I am not party to exactly what was going on but it speaks to that uniform care that is going on. We do not ask questions: "Whatever's in the urine, here's methadone. End of story."