Undergrad books for pharmacy school

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I'm getting low on dough and wanted to ask you pharmacy students which books do I really need to keep that will help for review in pharmacy school? I'm talking about books like Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, etc. I'd like to start selling the ones I won't really need.

 

[DownonthePharm]

I'll venture a guess and say Physiology, Biochemistry and if you have a really good Orgo book keep that. Ditch the rest.

 

[Sosumi]

It depends on what your first year classes will be at your school. For my school, my physiology and biochemistry textbooks from undergrad were occasionally useful. If you have to take anatomy first year, that might be useful to keep as well. Microbiology might be useful to keep if you took that and your school requires it, although microbiology in pharmacy school is a little different from undergrad. Statistics might be useful if you had to take that and need a refresher for your epidemiology class.

 

[starsweet]

I'll venture a guess and say Physiology, Biochemistry and if you have a really good Orgo book keep that. Ditch the rest.

Ugh... I was hoping to sell that sucker (Orgo). 🙂 I hope Orgo isn't all that important in pharmacy school.

I guess I can sell my Biology book though.

 

[DownonthePharm]

I only say that because a good Orgo book is hard to find. It took me 5 attempts to find one that is actually readable, which strangly enough is the text for my Orgo class right now.

 

[starsweet]

Which one are you using? I have Wade's. I actually don't use it that much for my class.

So the Biology and Chemistry books aren't useful to look at for Biochemistry in pharm school? Just wanted to make sure.

 

[dgroulx]

Which one are you using? I have Wade's. I actually don't use it that much for my class.

So the Biology and Chemistry books aren't useful to look at for Biochemistry in pharm school? Just wanted to make sure.

No they are not useful. They are just too basic. I kept all of my undergrad books, but I wish now I would have sold them.

I didn't use my organic book at all for med chem. We didn't even have a textbook for med chem. It was just a bunch of notes and drawing lots of structures and mechanisms.

 

[ultracet]

i only used my anatomy book... so if you have a good one keep it..

never touched chem, bio, orgo etc...

i did buy a little paperback "organic functional groups" book for my med chem class though

 

[DrugDealer]

I've looked at my old physiology book a few times. It's a little simpler than the one we use in pharm school, but sometimes I'll read the new one and not grasp something that I remember coming fairly easily to me before, so I'll look at the old one to see how they explained that concept and organized their diagrams, figures, etc. That then gives me the foundation to go back to the new book and add on the more complex details.

I have also looked at my physical chemistry book once or twice for pharmaceutics, but mostly out of my own nerdy curiosity, not because I needed to.

All the other undergrad books seem useless so far.

 

[starsweet]

Wow, this has been surprising, it looks like I can sell most of my remaining books then. dgroulx, the "mechanism" stuff you mentioned is scaring me. I hate O Chem.

Thanks to all for your input!

 

[axum1]

I think that it would be more cost effective to sell the books right away to get the best re-sell price for the book. If you decide that you want to buy the book again later, you can for a much lower price because another edition would most likely have come out already.

 

[dgroulx]

Wow, this has been surprising, it looks like I can sell most of my remaining books then. dgroulx, the "mechanism" stuff you mentioned is scaring me. I hate O Chem.

Thanks to all for your input!

Don't be afraid. Not all schools make you draw mechanisms. I talked with someone from FAMU and they didn't even have to draw any drug structures, let alone mechanisms. Actually, most of it is what gets ionized at physiological pH, which will dictate absorption and distribution of the molecule. It's really a pretty easy class compared to organic.

 

[Mangosteen]

I only say that because a good Orgo book is hard to find. It took me 5 attempts to find one that is actually readable, which strangly enough is the text for my Orgo class right now.

Do you have the Hornback Organic book?

 

[Mangosteen]

So no organic chemistry whatsoever in pharm school? Please say yes. I despise that class with a passion.

 

[dgroulx]

So no organic chemistry whatsoever in pharm school? Please say yes. I despise that class with a passion.

There are no synthesis problems, but there are organic concepts you must remember.

 

[Glycerin]

Of the undergrad science books I have, I used my Anatomy & Physiology, Pharmacology, and Cell Biology books as references during my first year of pharmacy school. I have waaaaay too many science books around my house that I never use.

 

[stickandstone]

There are no synthesis problems, but there are organic concepts you must remember.

what kind of ochem concepts?????????????

 

[genesis09]

what kind of ochem concepts?????????????

My professor wanted us to be able to recognize amines, amides, etc if we are given a picture of a structure. Also, we should know the general properties of the structures.