Pharmacology for PTCB exam

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Dear All who are studyign for the PTCB exam and to become a pharmacy

technician or who need to brush up on pharmacology:

I have placed many tutorials on this site

and my OVERFLOW site at:

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regarding pharmacology that may help you. While you do not need to

know all of this to pass the PTCB exam, I do believe that techs

should and MUST know pharmacology in order to make safer compounds,

IVs and to label with correct auxiliary labels and to prevent

medication errors.

On THIS site go to the Files section

Select Folder: Tutorials - 1

Selcet Folder: Pharmacology

Inside this folder you will find the following 6 (six)files:

1. Monograph for tetracycline.doc

Pharmacology or Monograph of tetracycline

2. Monograph of Ace Inhibitors in general.doc

About Ace Inhibitors in general with 3 examples

3. Precautions, Auxiliary Labels and Drug - Food Inteactions,

A unique way of learning drug or food interactions and precautions

is by studying auxiliary labels . There are two tutorials to teach

you some of this type of pharmacology . Go to the folder called:

Auxiliary Labels in this Tutorial Folder.

4. Tutorial - Advantages Vs Disadvantages of IV Routes.doc

A post inspired the making of this this tutorial: A Comparison of

Advantages and Disadvantages of Intravenous Routes

5. Tutorial - Routes of Administation - Onset of Action.doc

A post inspired CHART of the time of onset of various dosage routes

of administration.

6. Tutorials on Disease States.doc

Learn the various disease states and some of the treatments

available. 4-7-05

On the OVERFLOW site you will find the following FOLDER in the Files

section: Pharmacology Lecture Notes

Inside you will find the following 4 (four) files:

1. Classification List.doc

Some drug classifications that you should study Mar 18, 2006

2. Do not Study Classifications by Suffixes.doc

Why you should not study suffixes or stems for pharmacology classes

Mar 18, 2006

3. Drug Abbreviations.doc

LIST OF COMMON ABBREVIATIONS USED AS DRUG NAMES Apr 16, 2006

4. Pharmacokinetics.doc

Learn more about hepatic function in regards to drug interactions.

Jul 20, 2006

5. Pharmacology Lecture Notes from Net.doc

Links to Actual Pharmacology notes from college professors.

Hope this helps you!

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Founder/Owner of this site

[Guest guest]

FYI to ALL,

Please note that the files have been posted as early as July 2004

and up through summer of 2006.

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Chem

F/O

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> Dear All who are studyign for the PTCB exam and to become a

pharmacy

> technician or who need to brush up on pharmacology:

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> I have placed many tutorials on this site

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> and my OVERFLOW site at:

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(Message Trunkated as a courtesy by Jeanetta)

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> Hope this helps you!

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> Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

> Founder/Owner of this site

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