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Hello guys, I have been silent spectator of this forum for long and I sincerely thank for all the support and tips. However, I have something different to say. About Me: I am international pharmacist, with no training whatsoever in US. Father of a naughty toddler boy. Those in similar situation can imagine how hard it must be to study with a toddler! I used to have a colleague during my internship who failed three times in NAPLEX and that really helped me to make some bold decisions. I did exactly what he didn't do -- think out of the box! This is how I studied or NAPLEX. Most of the international phramcists are not well trained on clinical side and almost all of the questions in NAPLEX are clinical case studies. I did research on what the pharmacy students in US read and found a wonderful book which I regard as bible of NAPLEX. Applied therapeutics and Clinical use of drugs by Koda-Kimble. I read lot of NAPLEX tips at testmagic, but no one seem to have recommended this book. This book is totally clinical based book and lots of laboratory case studies. If you read this book cover to cover twice, i can guarantee you will pass naplex in first attempt, like I did. I DID NOT refer any other books or materials whatsoever. No APHA, no chasenaplex, no prontopass, nothing! However, I did refer the apha for MCQs at end of each chapter after reading Koda-Kimble. I also took the Kaplan full test. For few topics like bioterrorism, pharmacoenomics, I refered Dipiro. About my naplex, i had only 5 or 6 calculations! Some of the guys here said they got 40 odd calculations! they are lucky! I got 35 questions of biotech products, and almost 80% were pharmacology related. Few pharmacoeconomics, statistics, herbal medicines (esp drug interactions of herbal medicines) questions. Overall, i would say it was way too tough than I expected. Every question needed to be read 3/4 times. But Koda-Kimble really made things little easy for me. For mechanism of questions, make a figure with different drugs, this way it will be easier for you to compare mechanism of actions of different classes within same therapeutic area. I got 5 figure-based questions about mechanism of action. I actually have lot to say, but the space is limited. If you any questions, please email me at csd250@yahoo.com and I would be more than happy to help you clear naplex. Good luck to you guys! Now preparing for MPJE. Wish me luck! Will get back to you again after I clear MPJE.