NAPLEX Practice Questions 2024-2025 with
possible solutions (100%)
1. Another name for Enbrel
a) Efavirenz
b) Etanercept
c) Eptifbatide
d) Enfurvitide
e) Entidronate-CORRECT ANSWER- Etanercept
2. A patient asks the pharmacist about a severe hangover from drinking vodka
last night. He awakened with heartburn, nausea, tremor, dizziness, fatigue,
body aches, headache and depression. What is the worst combination of
ingredients for him?
a) caffeine, calcium carbonate
b) ibuprofen, calcium carbonate
c) naproxen, calcium carbonate
d) tums
e) Advil, Maalox-CORRECT ANSWER- caffeine, calcium carbonate
3. After you ask for her allergies, and elderly woman mentions that she is
allergic to capsules. She says that the capsules never seem to get into her throat
correctly and that she hates swallowing them. She says that even aftera full glass
of water she still feels the capsule right in her mouth. After lookingat her profile,
you find out that 4 out of 7 of her medications are capsules. Which is likely to
,help her swallow?
a) do not use water
b) empty capsule contents into apple juice and drink
c) extend head upward, when feeling capsule in the back of throat swallow
d) take a sip of water with capsule, flex head forward and swallow
e) swallow with some food-CORRECT ANSWER- take a sip of water with
capsule, flex head forward andswallow
4. Another name for Macrobid is-CORRECT ANSWER-
a) nitrofurantoin
b) gentamicin
c) Bactrim DS
d) metronidazole
e) clarithromycin-CORRECT ANSWER- nitrofurantoin
5. Combivent is also known as-CORRECT ANSWER-
,a) albuterol/formoteol
b) albuterol/fluticasone
c) albuterol/salmeterol
d) albuterol/budesonide
e) albuterol/ipratropium-CORRECT ANSWER- albuterol/ipratropium
I pray that this combo helps you vent better (albuterol)
6. Another name for Bactrim is-CORRECT ANSWER-
a) Bacitracin
b) Baclofen
c) sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim
d) piperacillin/tazobactam-CORRECT ANSWER-
sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim
7. Many dosage forms and medication delivery methods are considered suit-
able for nonprescription use. However, some are not available for nonprescrip-
tion products. Which of the following is not available on a nonprescription
basis?
a) inhalers
b) suppositories
c) enteric coated tablets
d) injections
e) powders for inhalation-CORRECT ANSWER- powders for inhalation
8. Magnesium stearate is commonly used as what type of pharmaceutic ingre-
dient in tablet preparation?
a) lubricant
b) disintegrant
c) opaquant
d) polishing agent
e) glidant-CORRECT ANSWER- lubricant
magnesium oil - oil - lubricant
9. A 17 y/o sexually active gravid 0 para 0 presents with painful menstruation.
This is accompanied by diarrhea, headache, nausea, and vomiting. She feels
incapacitated for 48-72 hours during menstruation each period. She was triedon
first line medication with side effects which she claims she could not tolerate.
Doctor started her then on a combination oral contraceptive. What is one of the
, effects of this medication?
possible solutions (100%)
1. Another name for Enbrel
a) Efavirenz
b) Etanercept
c) Eptifbatide
d) Enfurvitide
e) Entidronate-CORRECT ANSWER- Etanercept
2. A patient asks the pharmacist about a severe hangover from drinking vodka
last night. He awakened with heartburn, nausea, tremor, dizziness, fatigue,
body aches, headache and depression. What is the worst combination of
ingredients for him?
a) caffeine, calcium carbonate
b) ibuprofen, calcium carbonate
c) naproxen, calcium carbonate
d) tums
e) Advil, Maalox-CORRECT ANSWER- caffeine, calcium carbonate
3. After you ask for her allergies, and elderly woman mentions that she is
allergic to capsules. She says that the capsules never seem to get into her throat
correctly and that she hates swallowing them. She says that even aftera full glass
of water she still feels the capsule right in her mouth. After lookingat her profile,
you find out that 4 out of 7 of her medications are capsules. Which is likely to
,help her swallow?
a) do not use water
b) empty capsule contents into apple juice and drink
c) extend head upward, when feeling capsule in the back of throat swallow
d) take a sip of water with capsule, flex head forward and swallow
e) swallow with some food-CORRECT ANSWER- take a sip of water with
capsule, flex head forward andswallow
4. Another name for Macrobid is-CORRECT ANSWER-
a) nitrofurantoin
b) gentamicin
c) Bactrim DS
d) metronidazole
e) clarithromycin-CORRECT ANSWER- nitrofurantoin
5. Combivent is also known as-CORRECT ANSWER-
,a) albuterol/formoteol
b) albuterol/fluticasone
c) albuterol/salmeterol
d) albuterol/budesonide
e) albuterol/ipratropium-CORRECT ANSWER- albuterol/ipratropium
I pray that this combo helps you vent better (albuterol)
6. Another name for Bactrim is-CORRECT ANSWER-
a) Bacitracin
b) Baclofen
c) sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim
d) piperacillin/tazobactam-CORRECT ANSWER-
sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim
7. Many dosage forms and medication delivery methods are considered suit-
able for nonprescription use. However, some are not available for nonprescrip-
tion products. Which of the following is not available on a nonprescription
basis?
a) inhalers
b) suppositories
c) enteric coated tablets
d) injections
e) powders for inhalation-CORRECT ANSWER- powders for inhalation
8. Magnesium stearate is commonly used as what type of pharmaceutic ingre-
dient in tablet preparation?
a) lubricant
b) disintegrant
c) opaquant
d) polishing agent
e) glidant-CORRECT ANSWER- lubricant
magnesium oil - oil - lubricant
9. A 17 y/o sexually active gravid 0 para 0 presents with painful menstruation.
This is accompanied by diarrhea, headache, nausea, and vomiting. She feels
incapacitated for 48-72 hours during menstruation each period. She was triedon
first line medication with side effects which she claims she could not tolerate.
Doctor started her then on a combination oral contraceptive. What is one of the
, effects of this medication?
