Re: Looking for help with Pharmacology

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

I placed a long very long answer to Stuart about how to study for

pharmacology. Basically find the 20-30most commonly prescribed drugs.

Look them up and write a short monograh on each and then study them

that way. Also use www.studystack.com to place your info on

electronic flash cards to help memorize this info.

No on here on this site is allowed to tell you which ones to study or

which will be on the exam. My suggestion of the top 20-30 most

commonly prescribed drugs is arbitrary in that it would probably be

difficult for PTCB to include many new up to date drugs in their

exams. However I sssupect they add a few new ones here and there.

Please note that the exam is varied enough so that if you miss the

pharmacology questions you will still pass if you are knowedgabel in

math, law assisting the RPh etc.

You will do well.

Please keep me personally posted on how well you do on the actual

exam.

Hope this helps you out...

Thank you,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT

F/O

> Hello,

> I am wondering what is the best suggestion for studing all the

> different drugs, their actions, their uses, etc. I know what I

> worked with at work, but I was away from work for almost 2 years

and

> forgot alot. I try to study them as much as possible, but I find

> that to be the hardest part of Pharmacy, knowing all there is to

> with the meds.

> Thanks,

>

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Please refer to my respones to Jodie and Stuart. there I gave

detailed instructions.

Hope they help you out.

Jeanetta

> Hello,

> I am wondering what is the best suggestion for studing all the

> different drugs, their actions, their uses, etc. I know what I

> worked with at work, but I was away from work for almost 2 years

and

> forgot alot. I try to study them as much as possible, but I find

> that to be the hardest part of Pharmacy, knowing all there is to

> with the meds.

> Thanks,

>

[Guest guest]

You might try a book called " Pharmacology for Dummies " or it may be

called Clinical Pharmacology for Dummies, but I would also

get " Anatomy and Physiology for Dummies " .

I did not have them when I taught myself A & P. I need to go back for a

formal class. There is only so much one can do with self education!

Now pharmacology is not something that you will find much of on the

net FREE! That is because it takes so long to teach and to

understand. I will develop a tutorial on some things of pharmacology,

but you need to know that subsitution between classifications should

only be made by a pharmacist NOT a tech! So I am not sure what your

techs are doing, most likely substituting generic for trade due to

non-coverage of trade by the insurance.

Can you also give me a better example of what your techs are doing?

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR VALIDATING WHY EDUCATION IS NECESSARY TO

BE A BETTER TECH!

You gave the perfect example as to why techs need education of

pharmacology long before going on an internship and gettinghired! NO

one should have to learn this stuff on the job! and by the way I

donot believe that most techs know this stuff from pulling meds or

reading scripts! They learn on the job because they ask or they read

or self educate! None of which is truly on the job training when it

comes to true pharmacolgy.

Techs who think pharmacolgy is just knowldege of

trade/generic/classification/use are totally misled and sadly

mistaken.

I commend you for wanting more.

Youget those books and read then ask me questions. May bethen we can

get something going about pharmacolgoy on this site.

Respectfully,

Jeanetta

> > Hello,

> > I am wondering what is the best suggestion for studing all the

> > different drugs, their actions, their uses, etc. I know what I

> > worked with at work, but I was away from work for almost 2 years

> and

> > forgot alot. I try to study them as much as possible, but I find

> > that to be the hardest part of Pharmacy, knowing all there is to

> > with the meds.

> > Thanks,

> >

>

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