Comprehensive Pharmacy Review for NAPLEX: Practice Exams, Cases, and Test Prep

314 Pages·2012·3.09 MB·English

by  Alan H. Mutnick

Contributors i
Comprehensive
Pharmacy Review
for NAPLEX
Practice Exams, Cases,
and Test Prep
Eighth Edition
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Contributors iii
Comprehensive
Pharmacy Review
for NAPLEX
Practice Exams, Cases,
and Test Prep
Eighth Edition
EDITORS
Alan H. Mutnick,
PharmD, FASHP, RPh
Corporate Director, Clinical Services
Catholic Health Partners
Cincinnati, Ohio
Paul F. Souney,
MS, RPh
Vice President
Medical Affairs and Pharmacotherapy Management
Medical Outcomes Management, Inc.
Sharon, Massachusetts
Larry N. Swanson,
PharmD, FASHP, RPh
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Buies Creek, North Carolina
Leon Shargel,
PhD, RPh
President
Applied Biopharmaceutics
Raleigh, North Carolina
Affi liate Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutics
School of Pharmacy
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Comprehensive pharmacy review for NAPLEX : practice exams, case studies and test prep / editors, Alan H. Mutnick ...
[et al.]. — 8th ed.
p. ; cm.
Rev. ed. of: Comprehensive pharmacy review practice exams / editors, Alan H. Mutnick ... [et al.]. 7th ed. c2010.
Companion to Comprehensive pharmacy review for NAPLEX / editors, Leon Shargel ... [et al.]. 8th ed. c2013.
ISBN 978-1-4511-1987-9 (pbk.)
I. Mutnick, Alan H. II. Comprehensive pharmacy review practice exams. III. Comprehensive pharmacy review for
NAPLEX.
[DNLM: 1. Pharmacy—Examination Questions. QV 18.2]
615.1076—dc23
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Contents
Preface vii 4. OTC AND RELATED
Contributors ix QUESTIONS 170
Taking a Test xi
Introduction to the NAPLEX xiv
NAPLEX Blueprint xv 5. PRACTICE CALCULATIONS 177
Appendix A: Common Prescription Drugs 201
1. TEST 1
Appendix B: Prescription Dispensing Information
Patient Profi les and Questions 1 and Metrology 210
Appendix C: Reference Charts for Patient
Answers and Explanations 41
Counseling 215
Appendix D: National and State Boards of Pharmacy
2. TEST 2 Contact Information 275
Appendix E: Budgeting for Drug Information
Patient Profi les and Questions 59 Resources 281
Answers and Explanations 99 Appendix F: Common Systems of Measurement and
Intersystem Conversion 283
Appendix G: Glossary of Pharmaceutical Dosage
3. CASES 113 Forms and Drug Delivery Systems 293
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Preface
Th is practice exam book is a companion to Comprehen- EXAMPLE 2 (MULTIPLE TRUE–FALSE)
sive Pharmacy Review. Whereas Comprehensive Pharmacy
Antimuscarinic agents are used in the treatment of Parkin-
Review presents most of the subjects in the pharmacy cur-
son disease and in the control of some neuroleptic-induced
riculum in outline form with review questions interspersed,
extrapyramidal disorders. Th ese agents include which of the
this booklet off ers two examinations that are similar in for-
following?
mat and coverage to those in the licensing examination re-
quired of all pharmacists.
I. ipratropium
Both patient profi le–based and free-standing test items
II. benztropine
are included in the examinations. Th e questions are of two
III. trihexyphenidyl
general types. In the fi rst type (Example 1), the correct re-
sponse most accurately completes a statement or answers
I only
a question. In the second type (Example 2), three state-
III only
ments are given. Th e correct answer may include one, two,
I and II
or all three of these statements; these questions are to be
II and III
answered according to the direction block that accompa-
I, II, and III
nies them.
Allow a maximum of 4 hours for each examination.
EXAMPLE 1 (MULTIPLE-CHOICE)
Answers, with explanations, are given at the end of each test.
Drugs that demonstrate nonlinear pharmacokinetics show Additional cases, questions, and calculations exercises are
which of the following properties? included following the two practice tests. Also, several ap-
pendices are included at the back of the book for reference.
A. A constant ratio of drug metabolites is formed as the
administered dose increases.
B. Th e elimination half-life increases as the administered
dose is increased.
C. Th e area under the curve (AUC) increases in direct pro-
portion to an increase in the administered dose.
D. Both low and high doses follow fi rst-order elimination
kinetics.
E. Th e steady-state drug concentration increases in direct
proportion to the dosing rate.
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