Annotate Pharm in FA? Or what??

[fuzzywuz]

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I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions regarding how to handle pharmacology..

When doing QBanks, I'm encountering new drugs that aren't even listed in FA. I realize that FA may be sufficient in terms of pharm, but when you encounter a drug not listed in it, what do you do?

I'm currently on my Physio block, but I'm still encountering Q's asking about pharmacology/medications. I'm going to do pharmacology after I finish pathology (which will be after physio).

So my questions are:

Should I just breeze by the unfamiliar drugs for now and deal with it later?

Regarding these drugs not found in FA, how should I tackle them? Annotate?

NOTE: I will be using Kaplan video lectures + Kaplan lecture notes for pharm. Does that change how I tackle pharm?

Thanks!!!

 

[Encephalectomy]

I'm sure everybody has a different strategy. I annotated all drugs in the qbanks that weren't in first aid into first aid as I came across them. I also annotated side effects etc. not mentioned in first aid.

 

[ArcGurren]

I'm sure everybody has a different strategy. I annotated all drugs in the qbanks that weren't in first aid into first aid as I came across them. I also annotated side effects etc. not mentioned in first aid.

Yup this is essentially what I did. Kaplan definitely had a couple of drugs here or there which weren't talked about in First Aid much (Baclofen comes to mind).

I actually found that most of the side effects were talked about in First Aid, but the mechanisms of those sfx weren't necessarily elaborated on as much. There was definitely a couple though (like pseudolymphoma for phenytoin, for example).

 

[ScubaStarved]

Yup this is essentially what I did. Kaplan definitely had a couple of drugs here or there which weren't talked about in First Aid much (Baclofen comes to mind).

I actually found that most of the side effects were talked about in First Aid, but the mechanisms of those sfx weren't necessarily elaborated on as much. There was definitely a couple though (like pseudolymphoma for phenytoin, for example).

Baclofen is not in FA? Kind of a biggy there.

I would also annotate omalizumab.. I've never seen it used, it's absurdly expensive, but a cool concept. If they added a question about its mechanism recently, it probably means someone got a question about it and gave feedback to them.. just sayin'.

 

[ArcGurren]

Baclofen is not in FA? Kind of a biggy there.

I would also annotate omalizumab.. I've never seen it used, it's absurdly expensive, but a cool concept. If they added a question about its mechanism recently, it probably means someone got a question about it and gave feedback to them.. just sayin'.

Yeah, I don't know why FA doesn't have it, though I have seen it pop up in Kaplan and UW. It's pretty simple though... GABA-B receptor agonist instead of GABA-A (like benzos, barbs, etc) and it's used to prevent spasticity. Seems to be a nicely high yield one on Steps though.

Agreed about omalizumab, the fact that UW added a question about it recently should be a HUGE red flag.

 

[fuzzywuz]

Thanks for the feedback!