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Cimetidine is a histamine type 2 blocker, which also binds to the androgen receptor to inhibit its function." However, this antiandrogen activity of cimetidine is weak, and the clinical benefit of its use in women with hirsutism is minimal. Thus, this drug is not recommended for the treatment of hyperandrogenism.
Cetirizine. Cetirizine is a second-generation antihistamine used to treat allergic rhinitis (hay fever), dermatitis, and urticaria (hives). [5] It is taken by mouth. [6] Effects generally begin within thirty minutes and last for about a day. [6]
Owning and using contraceptive devices and pills was not prohibited under Irish law. However, from 1935, it was illegal to sell or to import them. [4] During this time a loophole was used, where a device such as a condom could not be " offered for sale", but a citizen could be "invited to treat" to buy it. Also people made donations to family ...
Zimbabwe. See also. Freedom of speech by country. Internet censorship and surveillance by country. v. t. e. In Ireland, the state retains laws that allow for censorship, including specific laws covering films, advertisements, newspapers and magazines, as well as terrorism and pornography, among others.
Internet censorship in Ireland is a controversial issue with the introduction of a graduated response policy in 2008 followed by an effort to block certain file sharing sites starting in February 2009. Beyond these issues there are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitored e-mail or ...
Book censorship was carried out in several instances in Ireland between 1929 and 1998, with all remaining bans from that period having expired by 2010. However, the laws remained on the statute books and a book was banned again in 2016. Censorship was enacted by a 1929 act of the Irish Free State.
On 18 May 2006 Lee Dunne's novel Paddy Maguire is Dead, a semi-autobiographical novel about a writer's descent into alcoholism, was released in Ireland after being banned for thirty-four years. The book was originally published in the United Kingdom in 1972, but was banned in Ireland on its release because it was thought to be indecent and obscene.
Savita Halappanavar[3][4] (née Savita Andanappa Yalagi; 9 September 1981 – 28 October 2012) was a dentist [1] of Indian origin, living in Ireland, who died from sepsis after her request for an abortion after a prolonged miscarriage was denied on legal grounds. [5] In the wake of a nationwide outcry over her death, Irish voters passed in a ...