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Yes, you read correctly. It took me all four tries to pass cpje.
First time: I took it about 2 weeks after my naplex. I was going through the motion of studying but wasn't retaining anything. I used Rxprep and weissman. I took about 90 mins on the exam.
Second time: I was working full time plus some OT so I barely studied and that reflected on my score of 60. I used rxprep and somewhat eBay pharmcharts. I studied for about a month.I took about 90 mins on the exam.
Third time: I ended up working once a week so I could focus on studying. I used rxprep and condensed my notes to like 80 pages? It wasn't enough for me to pass and I knew I was exhausted when I studied for it. I studied for about a month. I took about 90 mins on the exam.
Fourth time: I ended up having to retake naplex again because I never transferred my score to another state. I thought I would pass cpje on my first try so there was no need to transfer. I passed the new version. I took naplex in August using rxprep quiz bank/book and PNN videos. For cpje I used only PNN and I went to their week long seminar. PNN helped me so much when it came to cpje and gave me the confidence that I knew my material. I went to the PNN seminar in sept and realized I wasn't entirely ready for cpje so instead of taking it mid-oct, I moved it to the end of oct. I found a sample exam of 78 questions for cpje, took it the day before the exam and did well on that. It helped me feel confident and I score a few points lower on the actual exam compared to the 78 questions one. For law I used wessiman and rxprep law book. I took about 58 mins on this exam.
From what I have learned and experienced, this is my advice
Know your brand and genetics
Know the combos of HIV drugs
Know your anticoagulant esp the ones with the labs and know the dosings
Know interchangables of PPIs, H2RAs, antacids, anticoags, cephalosporins, asthma/copd, BZDs, etc
Know the requirements (labs and disease goals) for HTN, HLD (esp when someone needs a high or moderate statin based on ldl, age, etc and why they need it), DM. Also their drugs (esp combos). I had like questions where they will give me a combo drug and tell me what I cannot or can add onto the patients regiment
Know your immunization/travel meds
Know what to put in fridge or not, filters, protect from light, etc
Know otc, glaucoma, overactive bladder, weight loss drugs, toenail/fingernails, etc
Know antibiotics: Some dosings, brand/generics, what it is used for. Always check CrCl with these meds (actually for all medications, please know how to solve CrCl)
Law: Know your controls (dea 222 and invoices), what a pharmacist can do and not do. Mainly think is this okay for me to do as a pharmacist based on law (not always what you think is right).Please know the law for controls especially c2. Know what is on a prescriptions and what can or cannot be changed. wessiman had good sample questions and rxprep was straight to the point. Rxprep was a good book overall for law.
The exam is very random and please expand more on your studies than what topics I had wrote on top. Also I found out my score about 2 weeks after my exam.
Remember to never give up and always believe in yourself. You will get there one day and it will happen!!
First time: I took it about 2 weeks after my naplex. I was going through the motion of studying but wasn't retaining anything. I used Rxprep and weissman. I took about 90 mins on the exam.
Second time: I was working full time plus some OT so I barely studied and that reflected on my score of 60. I used rxprep and somewhat eBay pharmcharts. I studied for about a month.I took about 90 mins on the exam.
Third time: I ended up working once a week so I could focus on studying. I used rxprep and condensed my notes to like 80 pages? It wasn't enough for me to pass and I knew I was exhausted when I studied for it. I studied for about a month. I took about 90 mins on the exam.
Fourth time: I ended up having to retake naplex again because I never transferred my score to another state. I thought I would pass cpje on my first try so there was no need to transfer. I passed the new version. I took naplex in August using rxprep quiz bank/book and PNN videos. For cpje I used only PNN and I went to their week long seminar. PNN helped me so much when it came to cpje and gave me the confidence that I knew my material. I went to the PNN seminar in sept and realized I wasn't entirely ready for cpje so instead of taking it mid-oct, I moved it to the end of oct. I found a sample exam of 78 questions for cpje, took it the day before the exam and did well on that. It helped me feel confident and I score a few points lower on the actual exam compared to the 78 questions one. For law I used wessiman and rxprep law book. I took about 58 mins on this exam.
From what I have learned and experienced, this is my advice
Know your brand and genetics
Know the combos of HIV drugs
Know your anticoagulant esp the ones with the labs and know the dosings
Know interchangables of PPIs, H2RAs, antacids, anticoags, cephalosporins, asthma/copd, BZDs, etc
Know the requirements (labs and disease goals) for HTN, HLD (esp when someone needs a high or moderate statin based on ldl, age, etc and why they need it), DM. Also their drugs (esp combos). I had like questions where they will give me a combo drug and tell me what I cannot or can add onto the patients regiment
Know your immunization/travel meds
Know what to put in fridge or not, filters, protect from light, etc
Know otc, glaucoma, overactive bladder, weight loss drugs, toenail/fingernails, etc
Know antibiotics: Some dosings, brand/generics, what it is used for. Always check CrCl with these meds (actually for all medications, please know how to solve CrCl)
Law: Know your controls (dea 222 and invoices), what a pharmacist can do and not do. Mainly think is this okay for me to do as a pharmacist based on law (not always what you think is right).Please know the law for controls especially c2. Know what is on a prescriptions and what can or cannot be changed. wessiman had good sample questions and rxprep was straight to the point. Rxprep was a good book overall for law.
The exam is very random and please expand more on your studies than what topics I had wrote on top. Also I found out my score about 2 weeks after my exam.
Remember to never give up and always believe in yourself. You will get there one day and it will happen!!
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