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I don't think you need to wait for FPGEC in every state. Some of them may register you with just your score reports. Ropes you can buy the pharmsuccess tests and also take the prenaplex tests. Both of them are different but very helpful. Pharmsuccess questions are more like what you see in the real naplex even if they are stand alone. Prenaplex is more expensive but these are actual questions that appeared in old naplex tests. Keep in mind that pharmacy is so expandable you can make thousands and thousands of questions and it still won't be sufficient. The trick is to study well from different text books and use the practice tests just as a criteria to schedule your test date. Mine was the old naplex test from pharmsuccess.com and my scores were consistent with what I scored on all the practice tests.

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.

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

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:)

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.

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.