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This set of 282 PharMnemonics cards is carefully designed to make medical pharmacology fun to learn and easy to memorize. First of all, major drug names or class stems are linked to drug actions with mnemonics, humor and illustrations. This turns a "clueless" drug name into a vivid visual cue for easy recall of drug actions and quick recognition of drug classification. Secondly, along with the action-linked visual mnemonics, mechanisms of action are explained sufficiently with detailed diagrams. Thirdly, drug uses, interactions and side effects are summarized concisely in an outline format and ALSO made memorable with numerous mnemonics and illustrations. Finally, some key points of drugs are presented with tables and even highlighted with Dr. Bright's Hint, a special mnemonic form mostly expressed as a brief conversation. Organized systematically, each topic starts with an overview card that has a list of drugs on the front and an integrated diagram illustrating the sites of action on the back. This provides the reader a comprehensive yet clear big picture for drug classification and rationales of drug therapy. It is updated with the latest drugs and drug classes, such as GLP-1 agonists and DPP-4 inhibitors used for treating type II diabetes mellitus. Also, it has an appendix listing commonly used trade names. This set of PharMnemonics cards is intended to serve as an excellent memory aid in medical pharmacology review, either for the courses or the board exams. It is suitable for anyone who wants to learn and memorize medical pharmacology with ease and fun.

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Features of this set of PharMnemonics Cards:

-Visual
-Mnemonic
-Humorous
-Systematic
-Outlined
-Concise
-Sufficient
-Up-to-date

Examples of the mnemonic or memory techniques or strategies used in this PharMnemonics:

1> Linking a drug name (Pilocarpine) to its action (Pupil constriction):
PILOCARPINE: A PILE of CAR-delivered PINEs is used for the pupil constri(u)ction project (illustruated with a figure).

2> Linking a drug class stem (-pril) to its action (Inhibition of an enzyme called ACE):
PRIL: PERIL is gone with E (Enzyme ACE). By knocking out the E, the PERIL is replaced with a -PRIL pill and the capital PERIL of hypertension and CHF can be diminished by captoPRIL (illustruated with a figure).

3> Linking a drug name (Sumatriptan) to its use (treatment of Migraine):
SUMATRIPTAN: If you have migraine in the SUMMER, simply take A TRIP for TAN. Just relax (illustruated with a figure).

4> Linking a drug name (PHENyTOIN) to its side effects:
Peripheral neuropathy.
Hyperplasia of gingiva, Hirsutism and coarse facial features.
Hypersensitivity: skin rash and even Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Enlarged lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy).
Nystagmus, diplopia and sedation.
Teratogenicity ("Fetal hydantoin syndrome").
Osteomalacia (due to decreased Vitamin D), megalOblastic anemia (due to deceased folate levels).
Inhibition of ADH and insulin secretion.
Nausea and vomiting

5> Linking a drug class (SSRIs) to its side effects:
Sick stomach, leading to anorexia, nausea, etc.
Sexual dysfunction.
Restless: agitation, anxiety and tremor.
Insomnia.
Serotonin syndrome. Caused by concurrent use of MAOIs

6> Linking a disease name (DIABETES mellitus) to its drugs or drug classes:
DDP-4 inhibitors (Sitagliptin)
Insulins.
Amylin analog (Pramlinitide).
Acarbose (Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors).
Biguanides (Metformin).
Exenatide (GLP-1 agonists).
Thiazolidinediones (PPARr agonists).
Excercise and weight control (Essential for the control of type II DM).
Sulfonylureas(Insulin secretagogues).

7> Dr. Bright's hint:
Intern: Doc, of drugs used in Parkinson's disease, what drugs are better for relieving Bradykinesia?
Dr: Bromocriptine and related DA agonists.
Intern: Then, what drugs are better for attenuating Tremor?
Dr: Trihexyphenidyl and related antimuscarinic agents.

8> Dr. Bright's hint:
Intern: Doc, why can lithium cause nephrogenic diabetes insipidus?
Dr: As you can see in the figure on the left, this is because the lithium battery overcharges the water pump in the kidney.

9> Cartoons and humors:
This feature may be sensed from the Front cover image:
The man in the platelet on the left side stands for ASPIRIN (AS a PI [Platelet Inhibitor], I REIN COX-1 [the wheel] with an acetyl chain [CH3-CO-]);
The dog on the top of the platelet on the right side represents CLOPIDOGREL (As a CLOPI [CLOt/Platelet Inhibitor], this DOG is for REaL in blocking the ADP receptor)

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  • Cards: 282 pages
  • Publisher: Minireview; 1st edition (February 16, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1595411011
  • ISBN-13: 978-1595411013
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.1 x 2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't be fooled by IGNORANT MEDICAL STUDENTS!! Think independently!, February 11, 2009
If my "helpfulness" rating gets voted down by this same group of people, you'll know I was right. I hold a 100% "helpful" rating right now on my reviews.
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It is a sad shame that a campaign at a southern US Medical school took it upon themselves to smear this excellent set of teaching tools. Now, it looks like this great set of flash cards is worthless, when in fact it's easily the best. After trying THREE different sets of cards (Lange, and I forget the other two) these helped me to remember the best as it gives you a crazy visual for each drug. Excellent buy.

First off, notice that all negative comments are within two weeks of each other from 29 Jan 09 to 09 Feb 09 (at the time of this writing), mostly by first-time reviewers, and how if you check out their "usefulness" percentage they are all around 50%.

Do not group-think and sell yourself short of an amazing set of cards. They helped me on what is arguably the hardest subject - memorizing random drug names. The authors make it very clear that the mnemonics are crazy - as ALL GOOD mnemonics are meant to stick in your brain through craziness. As such you'll need the text to supplement your learning but that's the point - unlike other card sets which are the textbook in a pocket format (and therefore for me did not make good memorizing tools). They helped me pass my course and I will definitely use them for Step 1. I hope that there are more discerning medical students out there who will check reviews other than between January 29th and February 9th, as a good physician would immediately spot the skewed and biased stats behind the average stars right now.

I'm pro-choice too but that doesn't mean I have to punish anything that seems pro-life, especially when it's something that's meant to be silly and not serious at all. Seriously, the foundation of pro-choice is the ability to give others a choice - the kind of militant attitude displayed here is counter-intuitive almost by definition.

Jeese! They even added incongruous tags to this product. A little maturity is what is required in medicine, kids, not vendettas! Notice how the publisher answered immediately and professionally to these postings. That implies to me an author and company who care about what they're doing. I hope they won't give up continuing to offer health science students the great learning tools to remember random names that they have in the past.

Like the wise philosopher Lennon once said: "Think!"
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For those of you who want the details, the author wittily uses the drug name to remind you of the action of the drug. With something like PROGESTERONE, the term "pro gestation" is obvious but that would be the opposite pharmaceutical action, so to help remember it's the opposite, the text reads that unnaturally (i.e. not what the name tells you) it's used for abortions. Something very similar happens with Mifepristone, involving "priest's tone" - meant to remind you of abortions again. It's interesting to note they did not make any complaints about ET, Bose speakers, Neon cars, monkeys with zebra furs or a port in the Middle East that is not sinful as all of these and more are used and abused for your memory's pleasure (I gather the publisher thought that last one would cause the most contention!).
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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is Pharma not Nursery Rhymes, January 11, 2008
i wrote a stereotypical 5 star review about these cards some time back....recently i saw 2 ppl review saying tht they were disappointed by the cards so i decided to refine my review to appeal to the ppl who would want this....

the first thing to keep in mind is tht we r talking about pharmacology.... not nursery rhymes so no matter how much easy its made or if the name imples pharMneumonics it doesnt mean tht it be as easy as pie.This is a difficult subject mostly because its stress more on memorization than comcepts n plus it gets pretty boring and person feels tht maybe he has undiagnosed ADD.....

Anyways coming to these cards...i got them when there were only 2 months left in my exams.wht i liked about these cards the most was the fact tht wht took me 6 or 7 months to get hold from "review of Katzung" i instantly doubled my knowledge of pharma from these cards.the strongest point of cards has to be the mneumonics for mechansim of action clinical uses and side effects for me.now at times mnuemonics do get a bit comfusing when u have done all the drugs listed. but than again this is PHARMA ppl....

if u plan to use these cards for each and everything they might not appeal to 100% population. but if ur the type who hates plain old memorization than i suggest u carefully consider these.

one final thing using mneumonics for memorizing drug classes n names these cards might not satisfy you very much.nothing will actually... there are somethings which you have to do by brute force....

but overall.... they give you command over 3 basic things. Mechanism of action, Clinical uses and side effects and that is what u need 99% of time in medschool
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for pharmacology medical students/board prep, May 5, 2008
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As a medical student in pharmacology, I found them to be great supplemental material to learn the names, actions, and side effects of the drugs. Easy to quiz yourself with them. They are organized/grouped similar to Katzung Pharmacology (Lange) and provide an overview of the drug categories and mechanisms at the beginning of each group - great for when you need a quick reference. Not all of the drugs are included, but they provide an excellent starting point. The pictures are simple, yet clever, so for picture-oriented people, they work great. The phrases to remember the drugs are okay, often harder to remember the phrase than the drug itself. It got me rolling though, and I often came up with better ones on my own. Most importantly, they taught me a different way to learn drug names, so even when I'm not using the cards, I utilize the memory concepts. Although I have not been through them all, I have not found any mistakes, only a few contradictions due to discrepancies in the literature. I found the table of contents to also be a big help when trying to track down a specific drug.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing cards - don't let ideologues influence you.
These cards are amazing for anyone who learns visually and love helpful and fun mnemonics. The cards make pharmacology fun and easy to learn which is not an easy thing to do -... Read more
Published 3 days ago by Phantom Phan

4.0 out of 5 stars Getting me through pharm!
Let me preface this by saying I hate my pharm course.

these cards were a great way to learn all the drugs I needed to know. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars These cards are great
This cards are very helpful. Great diagrams to help the hard to remember names stick in your head and very high yield information
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5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT CARDS! Don't trust the bad reviews!!! Judge by yourself
Usually, I don't take the time to write reviews because others have already done a great job in reviewing. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Panagiotis Peteinatos

4.0 out of 5 stars Now that I took the test, I realized how great these cards are for a pharmacist!! Wish I could go back and give it 5 stars
There are a number of pros and cons associated with these cards/
First, they are easy to use, some of the pictures makes it easy to remember the names and MOA of that... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Don't let political granstanding keep you from an awesome study aid!
Like many people, I nearly skipped over these cards when I saw the low ratings.

I'm so glad I didn't. Read more
Published 6 months ago by E. Wolf

1.0 out of 5 stars I was not impressed.
I bought these cards to study for pharm and to study for step one. I was really disappointed. I understand that the pictures/rhymes are supposed to help you memorize and... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Blatantly anti-choice one-star reviews
As a good-will hunter for a helpful study aid in pharm, I had almost been fooled and misled by those ill-minded one-star ratings posted here. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Too indepth for Step 1
While these cards might be good for regular class studying, I strongly believe them to be an overkill for USMLE Step 1 exam. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Have fun with pharmacology

I'm glad I bought these cards. makes pharmacology fun and funny to learn.
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