Top drugs, brand and generic names, controlled substance schedules, DEA forms, look-alike names, DAW codes, days' supply: the pharmacy tech exam asks about all of it. Here every topic fits on one page, with a drawing that does the explaining. 72 illustrated pages, from your first prescription to the IV flow rate.
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One topic per page, a drawing that carries it and short boxes with the facts you need at the counter and on the exam. Take a look inside:
You open your drug list: hundreds of generic names, brand names and classes. Then come the schedules, the DEA forms, the DAW codes and the math...
...and none of it connects to anything else.
Here, brand and generic fit on one page: the generic name is the active ingredient, the brand is the name the company sells it under, and the stem (-olol, -pril, -statin) gives away the class.
Once you see the stem, even a name you have never read tells you something.
First you see how it works. The names come with it.
The job and the exam, medications, federal law, patient safety, order entry, sterile compounding and pharmacy math, then practice and a final review: 72 pages, all illustrated
Picture this:
Instead of staring at “1 tablet twice a day, #60” and guessing how many days the plan will cover...
...you see the formula and the worked examples: quantity divided by the amount used per day, for tablets, liquids, inhalers and eye drops.
And the schedules, the NDC, the DAW codes and the high-alert drugs become pictures you can see again on exam day. You stop memorizing and start understanding.
That is exactly what Pharmacy Technician Made Visual does.
It is not “just another PDF”. It is 7 parts and 58 illustrated topics, with 20 original practice questions and explained answers, plus a two-page final review.
Because what your brain sees organized, it remembers.
What a technician does and where, the PTCE and the ExCPT side by side, the parts of a prescription, sig codes and the abbreviations that cause errors.
Generic and brand names and their stems, dosage forms and routes, the drug classes by body system, two pages of top drugs and the narrow therapeutic index drugs.
The federal laws in order, the five schedules, C-II rules, refills and transfers for C-III to C-V, DEA forms, the DEA number check, pseudoephedrine, the FDA, REMS and HIPAA.
How errors happen, look-alike and sound-alike names, high-alert drugs, the checks that stop errors, when to call the pharmacist, reporting and a clean workspace.
The path from drop-off to pick-up, entering a prescription, reading an NDC, filling and labeling, claims and rejections, DAW codes, inventory and nonsterile compounding.
USP <797> in one page, the cleanroom suite, garbing step by step, aseptic technique, beyond-use dates and hazardous drugs under USP <800>.
Units and conversions, ratio-proportion and dimensional analysis, doses by weight, days' supply, percent and ratio strength, dilutions and IV flow rates, all worked out.
At the end, 20 original practice questions with the answers explained, and a two-page final review: the numbers to know and the drug classes at a glance.
Free with the book
Original exam-style questions grouped by the four PTCE domains: Medications, Federal Requirements, Patient Safety and Quality Assurance, Order Entry and Processing. Plus a timed mock exam, with every answer explained, so you know why it is right and what to reread when you miss one.
It comes with the book.
Free with the book
Flash cards of the most prescribed drugs, grouped by body system: brand name, generic name, class and main use on every card, with self-tests to check what you remember.
It comes with the book. Made to print and carry with you.
One payment:
$27
Instant access: Pharmacy Technician Made Visual and the two free books arrive by email as PDFs. One payment, no subscription.
Drug classes, the law and the math, one illustrated page each, to understand them and come back to them before every test.
Pages that follow the four PTCE domains, original practice questions with the answers explained and a two-page final review.
The schedules, DAW codes, NDCs and days' supply you handle every shift, with the why behind each one.
$27
You have 30 days to try Pharmacy Technician Made Visual and the two free books.
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Yes. It starts with what a pharmacy technician does and how a prescription is built, then moves to the drugs, the law, patient safety, order entry and the math one page at a time.
Both. One page compares the two exams. Before you register, check which one your state board of pharmacy and your employer accept.
Yes. The current outline has four domains: Medications (35%), Patient Safety and Quality Assurance (23.75%), Order Entry and Processing (22.5%) and Federal Requirements (18.75%), and the book has a part for each. The current outline no longer includes nonsterile compounding or alligation: the book keeps one page on each because they are everyday pharmacy work. The official content outline always comes first.
By email, right after you buy: three PDFs you can read on your phone, tablet or computer.
No. One payment of $27, and the three PDFs are yours.
No. It is study material, not a training program, and it does not give credit, hours or a certification. It is the illustrated material that goes with your program and the official exam content outline.
No. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by PTCB, NHA or any state board of pharmacy. PTCE and ExCPT belong to their respective owners. The practice questions were written for this material: they are not official exam questions.
No. The drug information is there to help you study. At work, the prescription, the pharmacist and your pharmacy's procedures always come first.
Yes, as many times as you want, for yourself. The drug cards are made to be printed.
You have 30 days: if a file does not open, if the content is not what this page describes, if you were charged twice or the download never arrived, write to us and we refund you.
You do not have to reread the same drug list a fourth time hoping it sticks.
You do not have to memorize schedules, forms and codes you cannot connect.
And you definitely do not have to walk into the exam guessing which brand goes with which generic.
There is an easier way. And it is one click away.
Your move.
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