New Zealand's most popular drugs and medicines

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• Betablockers

  6 Jun 2015

  John Ashton of the University of Otago looks at betablockers, a commonly prescribed class of drug used to treat everything from high blood pressure to migraines and glaucoma. Audio

• Zopiclone

  4 Jul 2015

  Zopiclone is one of New Zealand's most commonly prescribed drugs. John Ashton of the Otago School of Medical Sciences tells us what it's used for. Audio

• Paracetamol

  1 Aug 2015

  New Zealand's most widely consumed drug, paracetamol. With John Ashton of the Otago School of Medical Sciences. Audio

• Statin guide

  19 Sep 2015

  John Ashton of the Otago School of Medical Sciences with a user's guide to cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins. Audio

• Drugs: Antihistamines

  31 Oct 2015

  John Ashton is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the Otago School of Medical Sciences. He tells us how antihistamines work, why some of them make you drowsy, and how… Audio

• Drugs: Ritalin

  12 Dec 2015

  How Ritalin works, its uses, mis-uses and the dangers. With John Ashton, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the Otago School of Medical Sciences. Audio