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Comprehensive Pharmacy Review + Comprehensive Pharmacy Review Practice Exams (2-Book Package)

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i am pharmacist from india and now i am applying for fpgee exam and for that preparation i take this book this is good book which cover all ideas about exams questions but i think this is not only book enough for sucessful passing fpgee but this is good book for reading

This is an excellent review book that helps you get used to the format of the actual exam. Most importantly, it covers therapeutic concepts that are helpful to focus on during studying. It may not be sufficient enough for the Foreign Pharmacy exam (I wouldn't know), but it serves well for the NAPLEX. With the help of this book, I passed my pharmacy boards in the States with high scores.

To be honest, I really didn't use this book to study from.....it's too comprehensive for the pharmacy boards...remember the board exam is just a minimum competencey exam...i actually bought it for the practice exams which are useful cause they not only give you the correct answer in the back but tell u why it is correct and why the other choices are not!! Don't get discouraged if you barely even get half of them right....they are again a little too comprehensive but they do a good job to steer u in the direction of topics that u probably overlooked. I suggest to take the 2 exams in the end as review.......u will appreciate the text book as a reference once u become a pharmamcist and want to brush up on a topic!! If your're wondering what text I used to study from it was the Kaplan text....it is geared for the boards and i guarantee u if u can get your hands on it (I had a friend who took the course and let me borrow the book) you'll be good to go!!!!

This book is trully a comprehensive review of pharmacy. The book covers most topics in great detail...I must say more detail than necessary for the test. It may be too big to read cover to cover in time for the NAPLEX. I used it as a reference to fill in the gaps for those topics which eluded me while taking practice tests.

I also recommend the CD-ROM version of this book, which is sold separetely. It will give you a good practice for taking the new computer adaptive test, a format most of us were unfamiliar with. The best part is that it breaks down your test results by subject area, telling you exactly what points to review in the text.

I recently wrote the Canadian version of the pharmacy licencing exam - the PEBC's. I did find this book very helpful for studying because each section was laid out well and very clearly explains the important features of each disease and drug therapy. Unfortunately, it did not cover all the important topics. For example, cholesterol and lipids, GERD, and alcoholic liver disease weren't covered. But the topics that are covered are done very well and it makes a great addition to therapeutics notes.
A caution for Canadians - I would recommend this book but beware of the fact that not all of the listed drugs are available here (nor are all our drugs listed in it) and that the questions in the samples and practice exams are not very representative. They are a great studying tool to see how much information you got from each section, just don't expect your exam to resemble them much.

I really don't feel like this book is very comprehensive. For example, for a certain disease state they will list the MOA for one drug class, but not another. I guess a good way to sum up this book is INCOMPLETE. I'm studying for the California boards and this book is better than nothing, but everyone tells me Koda-Kimble is the way to study. Don't waste your money on this one.

This was an excellent review guide for both the PEBC's and FPGEE. Each chapter is well organized and easy to understand. Every chapter is followed by a brief multiple choice quiz and the answers are well explained. It covers everything from basic pharmacokinetics, pharmaceutical sciences, med chem, most disease states, nutritional therapy, cancer, calculations, references etc. Note that the book is american, so not all Canadian drugs are included plus it focuses in on american law, regulations etc. It has a number of excellent appendices, index, and table of contents. The accompanying Practice Exam book is most suitable for the NAPLEX as it contains case based questions from the patient's MAR or RX profile with many multiple choice questions. I definately recommend this as a general pharmacy review guide and reference!

The Practice exams were excellent.
It is a practice in logical thinking that will no doubt be continued in their area of expertise.

This was my first purchase on amazon. Mostly because I am apprehensive about entering my personal information on the internet and no way of knowing what quality of material I would receive until it arrived. Pleased to say, I have no complaints. The book arrived within the time promised, as well the book was practically new! I can only hope any future purchases are as good as this one.

-Ms. Satisfied

"Comprehensive Pharmacy Review Exams" book includes a wide variety of chapters that can answer your scientific questions. It can really help you get well prepared for pharmacy exams.