NAPLEX mnemonics
BZDs not hepatically cleared - Answer-"Over the liver"
Oxazepam, temazepam, lorazepam
BZDs safe for elderly - Answer-"LOT"
Lorazepam, oxazepam, temazepam
Pharmacists Rock At Saving Lives and Preventing Flu - Statin Equivalent doses - Answer-Pitavastatin 2
mg, Rosuvastatin 5 mg, Atorvastatin 10 mg, Simvastatin 20 mg, Lovastatin 40 mg, Pravastatin 40 mg, and
Fluvastatin 80 mg
"Tigers don't pee" - Answer-Tigecycline doesn't cover Ps (Pseudomonas, Proteus, Providencia)
Ertapenem doesn't cover APE (Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Enterococcus) - Answer-Meropenem,
doripenem, and imipenem-cilastin cover these
HIT MAP: All uppercase letters covers drugs causing DILE (3Ms) - Answer-Hydralazine
Isoniazid
Terbinafine
methimazole
Minocycline
, Methyldopa
Anti TNF
Propylthiouracil
Quinidine
Protease inhibitors not safe with sulfa allergies - Answer-"DTF"
darunavir, tipranavir, fosamprenavir
Very Questionable FACTS( all uppercase letters) covers TTP - Answer-Famciclovir, Acyclovir,Clopidogrel,
Ticlopidine, SMX/TMP( FACTS) Valacyclovir (very) , Quinine ( Questionable)
"My Good Lungs"- respiratory fluroquinolonges - Answer-Moxi, gemi, levofloxacin
"PE- physical exercise" are PPI available as injectable - Answer-pantoprazole, esomeprazole
"ROME"- acid-base abnormalities - Answer-Respiratory Opposite:
inc pH, dec CO2 (Alkalosis)
dec pH, inc CO2 (Acidosis)
Metabolic Equal"
inc pH, inc HCO3 (alkalosis)
dec pH, dec HCO3 (Acidosis)
"C-WARD"- BZD side effects - Answer-C-confusion
W-withdrawl symptoms
A- addiction, amnesia, ataxia
BZDs not hepatically cleared - Answer-"Over the liver"
Oxazepam, temazepam, lorazepam
BZDs safe for elderly - Answer-"LOT"
Lorazepam, oxazepam, temazepam
Pharmacists Rock At Saving Lives and Preventing Flu - Statin Equivalent doses - Answer-Pitavastatin 2
mg, Rosuvastatin 5 mg, Atorvastatin 10 mg, Simvastatin 20 mg, Lovastatin 40 mg, Pravastatin 40 mg, and
Fluvastatin 80 mg
"Tigers don't pee" - Answer-Tigecycline doesn't cover Ps (Pseudomonas, Proteus, Providencia)
Ertapenem doesn't cover APE (Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Enterococcus) - Answer-Meropenem,
doripenem, and imipenem-cilastin cover these
HIT MAP: All uppercase letters covers drugs causing DILE (3Ms) - Answer-Hydralazine
Isoniazid
Terbinafine
methimazole
Minocycline
, Methyldopa
Anti TNF
Propylthiouracil
Quinidine
Protease inhibitors not safe with sulfa allergies - Answer-"DTF"
darunavir, tipranavir, fosamprenavir
Very Questionable FACTS( all uppercase letters) covers TTP - Answer-Famciclovir, Acyclovir,Clopidogrel,
Ticlopidine, SMX/TMP( FACTS) Valacyclovir (very) , Quinine ( Questionable)
"My Good Lungs"- respiratory fluroquinolonges - Answer-Moxi, gemi, levofloxacin
"PE- physical exercise" are PPI available as injectable - Answer-pantoprazole, esomeprazole
"ROME"- acid-base abnormalities - Answer-Respiratory Opposite:
inc pH, dec CO2 (Alkalosis)
dec pH, inc CO2 (Acidosis)
Metabolic Equal"
inc pH, inc HCO3 (alkalosis)
dec pH, dec HCO3 (Acidosis)
"C-WARD"- BZD side effects - Answer-C-confusion
W-withdrawl symptoms
A- addiction, amnesia, ataxia
