drug reference book?
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You don't absolutely need one. Most of the thing you need to know will be in the class notes, which is already overkill if your school is anything like mine.
References wise, have micromedex/lexi-comp and uptodate (free from your school) installed on your smartphone/palm will have most of everything covered. On the rare occation you need to whip out a heavy book, you can just hit the pharmacy library.
So save your $150 in student loans.
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I got the Koda Kimble while I was school. I got lazy and never read its extra thin pages.
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Something they told us during orientation: "books are outdated by the time they hit the shelves, find an electronic source and master it."
Only problem is that your job may not have the same electronic source that you prefer, so you'll probably have to get used to whatever they offer. Most are pretty straightforward and don't really require a whole lot of practice.
Only problem is that your job may not have the same electronic source that you prefer, so you'll probably have to get used to whatever they offer. Most are pretty straightforward and don't really require a whole lot of practice.
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Screw books. They are heavy, they are too big, they are outdated hours after publication. Stick to electronic references. For me, lexi-comp was my go to source. Learn how to master it, and it will be invaluable to you and your pharmacy career. Now, once I got an updated iPhone and the crack for lexi-comp doesn't work on newer jailbroken iPhones, I use Clinical Pharmacology which is just as great, if not, a better drug reference, which I get at my place of employment and at home also for free.
Stick to electronic references, and references you've heard of like lexi-comp, clinical pharmacology, micromedex, etc
Stick to electronic references, and references you've heard of like lexi-comp, clinical pharmacology, micromedex, etc
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Wow, cool site. Even if most of it needs a subscription, the info about clinical trials is nice. 👍
Cheers!
Robster, the trouble with free is you get what you pay for. If anybody knows differently, I don't mind being corrected, but mostly all you'll find that's free, other than the government websites (cdc.gov) is monographs.
A one-year subscription to RxFiles, giving you access to their extensively referenced comparative drug charts, is $ 39 CDN (about the same as American these days).
