Opinions on ONLY Pharmacy Charts for CPJE?

[bbypeach]

Hey everyone,

After taking the NAPLEX, I was wondering if anyone used the Pharmacy Charts strictly to study for the CPJE?
- I know there are good auxiliary labels to follow in the index.
- Did anyone just look at the charts to memorize the brands and generics and indications?
- Anyone who has any advice for using this for the CPJE would be super helpful. (I've only used RXPREP for NAPLEX)

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[Jeets]

Hi there, I'm wondering the same thing. I used rxprep for Naplex. Just started studying for Cpje and I'm wondering if rx charts is enough. Have you taken it yet? Any advice would really help. I took Naplex sept 29 and got 113. Took a tiny break to have a baby and now starting to study for Cpje. She's 3 months old.

Hey everyone,

After taking the NAPLEX, I was wondering if anyone used the Pharmacy Charts strictly to study for the CPJE?
- I know there are good auxiliary labels to follow in the index.
- Did anyone just look at the charts to memorize the brands and generics and indications?
- Anyone who has any advice for using this for the CPJE would be super helpful. (I've only used RXPREP for NAPLEX)

 

[jkminz]

Hi there, I'm wondering the same thing. I used rxprep for Naplex. Just started studying for Cpje and I'm wondering if rx charts is enough. Have you taken it yet? Any advice would really help. I took Naplex sept 29 and got 113. Took a tiny break to have a baby and now starting to study for Cpje. She's 3 months old.

Hi, I took the CPJE on 12/18/15 and passed with an 88 by only using RxPrep and Weissman's law book!

Remember to memorize brand/generics as much as you can because I certainly got obscure brand names that I had not heard before. Also, know doses, dosage formulations, route of administration, tx duration, major side effects, BBW, monitoring parameters, drug-drug/drug-food interactions, allergies, and aux labels (shake/don't shake, protect from light, cytotoxic, high-alert drug, food/without food, refrigerate/don't refrigerate), short stability, non-PVC containers, NS/D5W...

DON'T understudy for law! I got at least 15 questions on law. The review questions from Weissman are very helpful! I didn't read "The Script" or the health notes though.. (However some people have said they've gotten questions from these sources so you might want to skim over them!)

There were a few calculations but extremely easy (CrCl, flow rate).

Good luck!!! You guys will do great

 

[BME103]

For my gf's second attempt, she used the Weismann for law and the eBay pharm charts for clinical. Her 2 cent is the charts made it easier for her to remember the info. She can see how the drugs are similar and different from each other.

She is excited to start working as a pharmacist. Finally!

 

[Blue2midnight]

To study for the NAPLEX, I read RxPrep cover to cover and went over brand-generic flashcards I found online. And then when I was studying for the CPJE, I only used PharmCharts, the Weissman book, and the brand-generic flashcards. I also printed out the 2-3 practice CPJE questions that you can google and took them when I had finished reading PharmCharts and the Weissman book. I also completed the multiple choice questions at the end of the Weissman book.
I agree with jkminz regarding the different items you should know for the CPJE. I thought the CPJE was easier than the NAPLEX because the questions are only 1-2 sentences. Whereas the NAPLEX would have paragraphs and pictures and blah. The only tricky part is that some will say "which is the best answer" and there are two possible answers with one being the "better answer." But there's also no "Select all that apply" option in the CPJE, so honestly I think it was easier.

Things you should know - basically repetition of what's already been said
Brand-generic: this can help you because even if you don't know the specific brand/generic the question is asking for, you can eliminate certain options because you know that those are incorrect options
What goes in D5W only and NS only: again, it might not be a straight forward question that specifically asks you what fluid is x drug compatible in, but you could use this information to eliminate other answers
Drugs with different doses for different indications (i.e. finasteride), drugs with different brand names for different indications (i.e. again, finasteride), and basically everything else that jkminz mentioned

Oh and I should mention that I took the CPJE 2 weeks after taking the NAPLEX, which is why I didn't feel the need to read RxPrep over again and felt that PharmCharts was sufficient