- Joined
- Sep 20, 2011
- Messages
- 26
- Reaction score
- 14
Happy to announce I passed the NAPLEX I took on 12/29 on my first try with a 91, now waiting for my license to process 
. I started studying at the end of October and used RxPrep and the 2017 NAPLEX Practice Questions by Maryam M. Khazraee, PharmD, RPh, as well as quizlets and NAPLEX Nuggets by Dr. Eric Christianson https://www.meded101.com/author/chri1599/ (super helpful guy, he also offers his own 250 questions much cheaper than the pre-NAPLEX though I did not purchase it). Another site that is fantastic for testing your knowledge is http://pharmafactz.com/, they have tons of quizzes and infographics (however, they are European-based, so beware some drugs they ask about are not marketed in the USA, and call acetaminophen "paracetamol" etc.).
Basically the test I took was very straightforward, lots of ID (meningitis, STDs, CAP), lots of HIV, lots of calculations (I was surprised it was almost half of my exam, but they were basic dimensional analysis/CrCl questions, they even gave me one of the pH ionization equations, know your pediatric acetaminophen and ibuprofen doses in mg/kg and dose/mL!), lots of biostats (RR, RRR, ARR, NNT), vaccines, some compounding, and other general questions. Some questions I took 5 minutes on, some I answered within 5 seconds. I didn't take a break (and had some lower back pain afterwards lol), just because it would have taken the focus away and the procedure for rescanning your palm to reenter the room would have been too cumbersome. Just pace yourself in practice questions and you'll do fine, I finished with 10 minutes left. There's no going back on questions, so double-check your answers. I spent 5-8 hours studying almost every day (and silly me wanted to do an all-nighter the night before to look over anything I missed, so I ended up with 1 hour of sleep-not recommended!). Good luck everyone, you'll do fine! It's a difficult exam to study for, but when you've gone through almost everything in the RxPrep book, it should be much easier.
. I started studying at the end of October and used RxPrep and the 2017 NAPLEX Practice Questions by Maryam M. Khazraee, PharmD, RPh, as well as quizlets and NAPLEX Nuggets by Dr. Eric Christianson https://www.meded101.com/author/chri1599/ (super helpful guy, he also offers his own 250 questions much cheaper than the pre-NAPLEX though I did not purchase it). Another site that is fantastic for testing your knowledge is http://pharmafactz.com/, they have tons of quizzes and infographics (however, they are European-based, so beware some drugs they ask about are not marketed in the USA, and call acetaminophen "paracetamol" etc.).Basically the test I took was very straightforward, lots of ID (meningitis, STDs, CAP), lots of HIV, lots of calculations (I was surprised it was almost half of my exam, but they were basic dimensional analysis/CrCl questions, they even gave me one of the pH ionization equations, know your pediatric acetaminophen and ibuprofen doses in mg/kg and dose/mL!), lots of biostats (RR, RRR, ARR, NNT), vaccines, some compounding, and other general questions. Some questions I took 5 minutes on, some I answered within 5 seconds. I didn't take a break (and had some lower back pain afterwards lol), just because it would have taken the focus away and the procedure for rescanning your palm to reenter the room would have been too cumbersome. Just pace yourself in practice questions and you'll do fine, I finished with 10 minutes left. There's no going back on questions, so double-check your answers. I spent 5-8 hours studying almost every day (and silly me wanted to do an all-nighter the night before to look over anything I missed, so I ended up with 1 hour of sleep-not recommended!). Good luck everyone, you'll do fine! It's a difficult exam to study for, but when you've gone through almost everything in the RxPrep book, it should be much easier.
Last edited:
