The Maxitram tablets found in Ballymagroarty last night
PARENTS are being urged to be vigilant for their children after strong pain killer tablets were found lying in a Derry estate.
The warning has been sounded by the Ballymagroarty Community Empowerment whose members found the Maxitram opioid tablets while out on a walk through the estate last night.
The tablets are used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
BCE say: “On our community walk this Ann and her super eyesight noticed a few white tablets on the ground they looked a little like tic tacs.
“So we searched around that area and found the packet which turned out to be maxitram 50mg prolonged-release capsules.
“These looked like sweets to me so i have no doudt they would have looked like sweets to a child.
“Is it going to be the death of a child before everyone gets up and plays a part in our community?
“For me I would rather take the danger away before something like that happens.”
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