matzard Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 I just wanted to share the good news and wanted to thank everyone who ever posted a suggestion on this forum, you all have been very helpful. Every message posted on the forum helped a bit. If there's anything you guys want to know about these exams from my experience, shoot out the questions and I will try to answer each of them for next 2-3 days. Though most of the pertinent information is already covered by previous threads, it's still never enough:) Good luck to everyone else who is taking the licensing tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayet Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Job well done!!! CONGRATULATION!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chjosh Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Congratulations !!!! That's great to hear .... Can you pls sen me ur naplex questions to my email-id : esh_ch@yahoo.com Can you pls give me ur contact phone number..... pls.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinal Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 hey! congrates can u please e-mail the material u have ? my e-mail id is jinalm29@yahoo.co.in i really appreciate it. thanks in advance jinal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shreeankit Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Hi, Can you send me if you have written down any questions asked in your tests ? or if you have any old questions ? My email id is shreeankit2003@yahoo.ca Thanks in advance shreeankit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phamal Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Congratulations...:tup: Good Luck in internship in Texas.[clap] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matzard Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 I have disabled private messaging because things in the open will be beneficial for more than just one person, I hope no one minds that. Also, it won't be possible for me to email or post any of my exam questions, most of you will understand why. My experience: I did most of my internship in NC and requested internship waiver at TX. Once approved, I applied for the naplex and mpje to the state board. I studied for about a month for naplex using manan shroff's naplex theory book and of course CPR. Naplex is an easy exam if you have 2-3 months experience in a retail pharmacy and the right basics. Questions mostly are based on drug dynamics: MOA, ADRs, interactions, dosage forms. You can not predict what might be asked about a drug so know everything that's important or unusual about a drug. Most drugs belong to cardiovascular group, GI, respiratory, coumadins, anti-biotics/viral, psycho, etc. I also had about 20-30 calculations. CPR is sufficient to get you familiarized with them. Dropper rate, infusion rate, creatinine clearance, compounding mixtures, dose adjustments were the important once. Other than Manan's and CPR, I also took the pre-naplex and pharmsuccess.com's practice tests. My actual scores were almost like my pre-naplex/ pharmsuccess scores. If you want to make yourself familiar with naplex and mpje, take the http://pharmsuccess.com tests about a month before your exam, both naplex and mpje. Then take http://prenaplex.com exams about in the middle of your preparation and then again near to your exam. Pre-naplex will not give you any idea about how the actual exam will be but will give you almost real score. Don't try to haste into the mpje once done with naplex, try to study from strauss' or reiss and hall and also there are certain good websites (one is of university of florida) that may help. state material is also very important. I think I answered everyone's questions, feel free to ask anything else if youwish to. Best of luck to everyone taking the exams soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmacist2005 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 hi matzard congratulations !! I am preaparing for NAPLEX throught Texas. i have no retail experience since i don't have work permit. i am currently studying from CPR and APHA. I have some questions to ask you about drug names & dosage forms which are my main concern and hurdle as well. 1) Tell me frankly if we need to know all the brand names of all the drugs covered under CPR chapters or just the TOP 300 prescription drugs covered under RXlist or CPR or APHA list ? same question for the OTC preparation as well ? 2) Same thing with the dosage forms. since i need to practically memorize all the dosage forms except the few i saw in a pharmacy. please tell me if you concentrated on the dosage forms of just the main drugs like nitroglycerin, lithium, warfarin, heparin etc ? If it is not a problem can you give me the list of the drugs whose dosage forms you memorized or lets say concentrated on ? 3) did you do calculations from any other book as well ? i am doing it from CPR & manan shroff only...is that enough ? 4) also coming to side effects & drug interactions - is it enough to know just the significant ones like the liver toxicities, blood dyscrias or the interaction with enzyme inducers etc (you know the highlighted ones) ? since it gets really confusing. so please let me know how you remember it ? Last but not the least thanks for all the inputs you gave already. pharmacist2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mygoal2k6 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Hi pharmacist2005, Can you please let me know - Does Texas Board require TSE with 50 after passing FPGEE to appear for NAPLEX? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmaintern Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 congralutions!!! I am planning to take naplex and mpje thru texas also. You mentioned that you refered to university of florida website for MPJE. Can you elaborate on that and give details of what you can expect from there? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolmist528 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Hi matzard, As every one knows calculations play an important role in Naplex, so can you please tell me in brief abt calculations and which book did u refer for calculations? coolmist528 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narenjay Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Hello, i am taking my naplex in first week of Jan 06.If anybody help me with guide lines and/or question i will be appreciate that thank you naren patel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudson Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 can u pl.... forward the questions that were asked in ur exam?thank u. regards, hudson I just wanted to share the good news and wanted to thank everyone who ever posted a suggestion on this forum, you all have been very helpful. Every message posted on the forum helped a bit. If there's anything you guys want to know about these exams from my experience, shoot out the questions and I will try to answer each of them for next 2-3 days. Though most of the pertinent information is already covered by previous threads, it's still never enough:) Good luck to everyone else who is taking the licensing tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOEFLIBT Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 hi to write NAPLEX i think we must have FPGEC and than we can apply for intern licence with the state board of texas after getting intern licence can we apply for NAPLEX? without starting as an intern. but i heard first we need to start as a intern for 4 months than only we are eligible to take NAPLEX ? CAN ANYONE PLZ CLARIFY I REALY APPRECIATE YOUR SUGESSTIONS TAKE A MOMOENT PLZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phamal Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 in Texas; you must have FPGEC certifecate,then you can apply for Texas board to take NAPLEX & MPJE, after that you can start internship. here in Texas,you can take NAPLEX before starting the internship; I think that is why many pharmacists from different states try to take NAPLEX from Texas. GOOD LUCK for all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warfarin10 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 well congrats:tup: on ur achievement well i had a question on dosage adjustment now wld it mean we need to knw the max doses of top 200 or something ? imean i am confused cld pls throw some mroe light on tht area as to wht exactly wld mean by dosage adjustments wld appriciate ur reply regards [clap] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmacist2005 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 hi mygoal2k6, you need FPGEC certificate in order to apply for naplex/mpje through texas. and for Fpgec you need TSE with 50 as you know so it is mandatory have TSE. pharmacist2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matzard Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 Sorry about the delayed response to all your queries, was at work for last 2 days. Firstly, calculations: CPR and Manan shroff is enough Drugs: You can not know everything about all the drugs, concentrate on the important ones, if that emans top 200 or 300, that's what it is. Please understand that naplex doesn't concentrate on questions like "which of the following drugs can cause stomach upset?" instead they concentrate more on likes of "which of the following may cause lactic acidosis?". This also applies to drug interactions. Anyone without any practical experience or without any brand acquintance may find naplex tough to pass. It's practically impossible to know all the brands or everything about all the drugs, there are more than 20,000 just in USA. So spend your time wisely and concentrate on easier ones and ones you come across your daily work. If that helped, my time here was well spent:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mygoal2k6 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 pharmacist2005, Thank you so much for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmacist2005 Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 thanks matzard i appreciate your reply pharmacist2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nini Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Thank you for your info. May I ask what source you studied for MPJE? Please give me some advice. I appreciate it. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matzard Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 This is the link I had mentioned in my previous messages, second part which deals with controlled substances is the most helpful: http://www.continuingeducation.com/pharmacy/fpl-overview/fpl-overview.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nini Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 This is the link I had mentioned in my previous messages, second part which deals with controlled substances is the most helpful: http://www.continuingeducation.com/pharmacy/fpl-overview/fpl-overview.pdf Thank you very much matzard. Good luck to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raja_babu Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 matzard, Can you provide me any pointers on how to get internship in NC. I have Green Card and passed FPGEE. Any contacts you have in pharmacy chains to get info on internship. Appreciate your help on this. Ashok Javvaji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matzard Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 If you have green card and have passed FPGEE, just march into a pharmacy and demand a job:) It's very easy to get an internship position if you have already passed the FPGEE and don't need work visa, in NC. It's even easier if you also have passed english tests. I will say, call all the chain pharmacies in your area, get the phone numbers for their District Managers and start calling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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