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Hi Ryn, I know exactly how you are feeling! I am a pharmacist in Ohio and have been since February and I cant manage to clear the Maryland MPJE. I failed twice in a row both times with the score of 72. I'm starting to feel like they just want to collect my money to be honest with you. I come out of the exam thinking I did great. I am studying from their stupid green 600 page book, yet the questions seem to come from somewhere else. I did all my internship in a hospital in Ohio so I am not familiar with the laws. I was about to order the pharmacyexam.com cd rom. Did you try it and find it useless? I would love to have the University of Maryland's notes too because I had Ohio state University's and thats probably what helped me clear it the first time. I am so desperate because if I dont pass by February 2012 I will have to redo my NAPLEX, which would be a nightmare! I'm from Baltimore if you would like to meet up and study together that would be great too, two heads are much better than one. Please if anyone has any advice for me it would be greatly appreciated, I'm on the bring of insanity ! God Bless

Hi, I completed the Ohio MPJE back in February , but am now moving to Maryland so have to do the Maryland MPJE. I got the CD instead of the book because its cheaper. From what I know about the Ohio MPJE is that basically state law over powers federal. In other words you take what the state says over what Federal says. That being said, wouldnt it be enough to just study the book provided by the board? Also on the CD there are some vetrinary stuff, is the book the same way? Are we responsible for all this material? If you have completed your Maryland MPJE I would really appreciate your input. Thanks

Well that definitly depends on what state you're in. Here in Ohio I did all 1500 of mine in a hospital. I would check the board's website, if you dont understand call them or email them.

Thanks guys, First Lanaraja I havent heard that, but there could be some truth to it. Since no one actuall knows how the NAPLEX is scored we dont know if its graded on a curve or not. Tony, to be honest, I felt that they concentrated on the drugs that werent in the top 200 more than the ones in it. What I mean is in the exam they purposelly might give you a trade name of a osteoporosis drug for example just to make it harder. I wouldnt worry about it that much I mean go over the top 200 and basically the unique drugs like one of a kind drugs like those for thyroid for example, rather than the statins. I basically learned them from working. One thing I will tell you is that you may think you dont know any of them, but when you are put in the position to guess (which you will when solving questions) you wll find that you suddenly either know them or can deduce your choices down to two. As for the dosages, I had the same concern, but then after doing the book 3 times I realized I could recognise the correct dose! Not everything but kind of know ranges would be my advice. For example Statins are usually between 10 - 80 know which come in 80 for example. Methotrexate is 25mg every week. You should also know the stranger doses like those given only weekly (mostly expensive injectables). You dont on the other hand have to know every single drug. If you can at least familiarize yourself with the range you will be fine. In the end the difference between knowing every single dose and not will be no more than 10 questions so relax. As far as a studying plan I would go ahead and divide the chapters in APHA over a month, you can skip math and law for now. Then start slow by just sort of reading through them and answering the question. The second month you should be able to do the book in 20 days versus 30 , you can spend the last 10 days doing Math in the morning and questinons from pharm prep at night. . In my case it was holiday season and I spent the last 10 days partying. Once you've finshed APHA twice and some questions you should go ahead and take the Pre NAPLEX. Don't be worried by your score that much I got a range of 67-103 and an average of 86. It kind of freaked me out because 67 is very much failing. I ended up getting 104 and I made tons of mistakes.. The last month is the most important. You will finish APHA in 10 days (avg. 3-4 ch. a day) in the morning. You will once again do some math and Lange Q&A the next 5 days. For me those math days kind of serve as a break to rest my head a bit. The last 10 days (except for the night of the exam when you will chill) You will solve Q&A of pharm prep day and night till you finish all the questions. If you are short on time skip Cancer its too hard lol. Then my friend you will be ready to at least pass trust me. I wanted to add you wanted to know what chapters I skipped, I skipped pharmacokinetics, why because I hate it. I did all the rest though. I hope this helps. Good Luck!

Thanks guys. I used APHA which I went over 3 times. I used LangeQ&A which I did once and I did the math from there. I also used Pharm Prep Q&A which I did twice and also math from there.

I just took it today

I passed!

sms you are right it isnt very fair! I guess they just want to make sure you cover all bases , and dont leave anything. About the diagram, for example I had a diagram of a human body and it asked me to put an x with my mouse as to where I would inject Lovenox for example. They gave me 4 shaded areas to choose from. Another diagram had the renal tubules, and asked me to put an x with my mouse on the site of action of acetazolamide. Unfortunately I cant remember the third diagram. Somthing tells me these are part of the "test" questions that arent graded.

Hi screen, Actually the 70 im talking about are just math. I also got about 10-12 statisitcs/case study. That was bad because I didnt study statistics because I didnt know where to study it from or that it was even important!

Hi jvora, You are very welcome. A week before the exam all I was doing is solving questions. I also added some mathin the mix. I havethis book caled Appleton and Lange Q & A and ashp pharm prep. Any book is fine, you just need to practice especially the math for practice, so it will give you confidence. Believe it or not , I had at least 70 math questions! I feel like that is excessive. Some were tricky others were direct algebra. Overall not too bad.

Hi , I just took my test today. 1) The exam is 4 hours and 15 minutes 2) Yes the give you teh e- values, and molecular weight, as for the i factor they give you the molecular formala so you can figure it out. for example Li2CO3

Hi all, I just sat for my NAPLEX today. It was only 4 hours and 15 minutes not 300 minutes as was previously stated. Anyways, thank God I've always been pretty fast, but otherwise time could be an issue. Now I heard that when you get a certain subject wrong, they keep repeating questions from that subject! Now can that possibly be true ? Without exaggeration I got over 70 math questions! It seemed like almost every other question was a calculation! Some were really direct, while others were quite tricky! I also had like 3 cases in a row about Asthma? Now that doesnt bother me because I am an asthmatic, but it made me think that I got them wrong! There were a couple of names I have NEVER heard in my life lol. Also, I feel like its not the top 200 brand names you have to know, but the really strange drugs that you barely ever concentrate on. I kind of felt that the exam is a little unfair in that it doesnt cover all bases. I mean no Hypertension, no CAD? Thats kind of crazy. I basically got Asthma, Crohns Disease, Osteoporosis. What about Diabetes?? I got a few antibacterials, no Antivirals or Anticancers (thank god). I also didnt get any Epilepsy,Anti Depressants, and like two Antipyschotics! I also got Rheumatoid Arthritis . I mean they do ask general questions like all over the place, but those were my main cases. I cant describe the exam other than I cant describe it as hard because the questions arent trick questions. I mean I got only like 10% K type questions which is excellent. Some of my math questions were fill in the blank which made me nervous. I also had diagrams where I had to click on the site of action! You have to basically have a comprehensive knowlege about the subjects, because they do tend to ask really minute details, rather than the obvious SE ,CI and MOA. Now, theres also some "freebies" like just whats the MOA of this drug, (which I managed to mess up on :( ) on whats the brand name of this drug. Overall, you walk away exhusted, and I really cant tell you how I did. I HAVE NO CLUE! I also havent got my ATT for the MPJE and I wont get the results for this test till I sit for the other :( ! Oh well , if I do pass I will let you guys know my exact study schedule.

Hi im interested in joining your study group. I just finished my hours, I havent scheduled because I dont knwo how long I need, if I can be ready quick like you guys ill sit in December. Please post your study plans so we can study together. I have APHA which I think is the best, and I have pharm prep online for questions.

Hi all, I have finished 1200 of the 1500 hours needed to be licensed in Ohio. My problem is I will be having to move soon because of my husbands job, and want to know how to deal. How do I go about getting licensed in another state? Do I have to start over in that other state as an intern? If I take my NAPLEX here in Ohio and then go will they accept my licensure? I am basically looking into Illinois and as many of you may have realized, their website is a bit vague. I was hoping someone could shed some light on this if they have been through a similar situation. Its very frustrating that every state has their own specific licensure! Its all one country for God's sakes.

hey all, Just to add to what you guys have already said. When you are licensed in more than one state, if you wish to keep all these licenses active, you must comply with their continuing requirements. An example of this is continuing education. Some boards require you complete a certain amount of hours every 1-3 years or so. Another thing, is your primary license, must always be kept up, even if you live somewhere else. Your "extra" licenses can be left to expire. I know this because a friend of mine is licensed in 3 different states, and he told me that your primary state of licensure must always be kept up. I hope this helps, I am planning on doing this when I take my NAPLEX in quite a few states, because I hear that afterwords it can be a tedius process, with up to 10weeks of waiting , and job experience as previously stated above.