Tag: technician
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4.2 Unit prefixes and conversions for pharmacy technicians
You receive a prescription from the doctor, it’s for 500mg of Levetiracetam solution taken B.I.D. The stock bottle lists 100…
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1.3 Contraindications for pharmacy technicians
Contraindications are adverse effects of a medication when taken with something else. These can be as minor as a small…
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3.1 Look Alike Sound Alike Medications
As if pharmaceutical medications aren’t hard enough to pronounce and differentiate, we also need to recognize medications with similar-appearing names.…
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1.1 Top 20 Medications to Know
For any technicians who work in retail or community pharmacies, you are well aware there are a handful of medications…
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1.1 Common Generic to name brand drugs
Jump to drug name chart Your PTCB exam will ask for common brand and generic names of medications. Knowing these…
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How to become a Pharmacy Technician
The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) is the National certifying body for thousands of Pharmacy Technicians, including me! I’ve been…