How to Memorize the Top 200 Drugs for the PTCE
How to memorize the Top 200 drugs for the PTCE: flashcards with the brand, generic and use, saying them out loud, name endings, and a four-week plan.
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Practical guides for pharmacy technicians, written by a working tech: the math the pharmacy system won't do, the questions patients ask at the counter, and how to pass the PTCE.
PTCE Math: Every Formula You Need, With Worked Examples
Every PTCE math formula in one place: days supply, conversions, insulin, mg/kg doses, dilutions and IV flow rates, with worked examples from a working pharmacy tech.
· 8 min read
PTCE Passing Score Explained: What 1,400 Really Means
You need a 1,400 to pass the PTCE, but that isn't 87.5%. A pharmacy tech explains scaled scores, the 10 questions that don't count, and retakes.
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Free tools
- Insulin & GLP-1 days supply calculatorDays supply from the pens you dispense, or how many boxes and pens to give for 30 or 90 days.
- Out-of-fridge & expiration guideHow long insulins, GLP-1 pens and antibiotic suspensions last once opened, mixed or out of the fridge.
- Taper calculatorTotal tablets and days supply for steroid tapers, including steps over 4 tablets a day.
- Days supply calculatorTablets, liquids, eye drops, inhalers, and sigs over 4 times a day.
- Drug class guideWhat each drug class treats and how it works, in plain words, with the name endings that give it away.
- Sig codesType a Sig and see it in plain words, plus the full abbreviation list.
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