Memorizing Pharmacology Mnemonics

Pharmacy Flashcards and Fill-Ins for the Future Nurse, Doctor, Physician Assistant, and Pharmacist

By: Tony Guerra

Narrated by: Mike Lenz

This fast and easy pharmacology review through mnemonics recognizes that many future nurses, doctors, physician assistants, and pharmacists (chemists) have families, jobs, and other responsibilities. Do you have time enough time to make 100 percent sure you will pass in the classroom or on the board exam? For most students taking the NCLEX, NAPLEX, USMLE Step-1, PANCE, GPHC, or KAPS exam, the answer is no.

I wrote this mnemonic guide as an audiobook first to help you remember pharmacology drug names and principles quickly. While in the classroom your professors might say memorization doesn't matter, but you can't bring outside material to the board exam, so for this test, you do need to work on memory training. You already know the consequences of failing a class or board exam, so let's make sure that doesn't happen by getting pharmacology organized in your head once and for all.

©2018 Tony Guerra (P)2018 Tony Guerra

Great for auditory learners!

I was able to visualize the content while listening via audible. Great for modern day students!

Great resource for nursing students!!

This is a great resource for nursing students! When you look at the big picture of trying to memorize drugs names it is quite hard. It is so hard for me to sit and read a book especially when I do not know how to pronounce most of the words. This audiobook helped shorted my study time down and helped me actually retrain the information. It is also great because you can put in on and play it wherever you are. The mnemonics is also a great way to help with the drugs you are struggling with and also make studying kind of fun. Here are some of my favorite mnemonics so far.
ABDUCT- This helped me a lot when studying anticholinergic effects!
A-anhydrosis
B- Blurry vision
D- Dry eyes
U- Urinary retention
C- Constipation
T- Tachycardia
Another mnemonic that helped was RIPER. It helped with learning anti-tuberculosis drugs.
Rifampin
Isoniazid
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol
Rifabutin

Jo

This book was extremely helpful especially for the Neuro chapters. the drug names that had similar endings scared me at first sight, but after reading the whole paragraph of each drug i mastered them easily. He has these little stories and made up words that really rhyme in your head and allow you to remember the brand and generic names easily. The Orange book used with the blue Memorizing pharmacology will allow you to succeed any pharmacology course.

So Helpful!!

This audiobook is not only extremely helpful to listen to on my commute but it keeps me entertained! Dr. Guerra really connects with the audience and I'm actually retaining information. As a P3 about to start rotations, this has been such a help and I feel much more confident walking into my rotations. I highly recommend this audiobook!!

Great Resource for Nursing Students!

As a nursing student I am always trying to find a way to shorten the amount of time I am studying but, also wanting to retain the information I am learning. Mnemonics are a great and useful tool for me! Although I would not use mnemonics for all 400 drugs, it has helped tremendously a good amount of the drugs needed to learn! Listening to the audio book hands-free and anywhere is very beneficial when I am driving for long periods of time, at appointments, shopping, etc! Some mnemonics that stuck with me are:

ABDUCT for Anticholinergic Side Effects. This was a very simple and easy way to remember the side effects and was also used a lot when dealing with gastrointestinal medications.

A: Anhidrosis
B: Blurry vision
D: Dry eyes
U: Urinary retention
C: Constipation
T: Tachycardia

GRAM NEGATIVES for Aminoglycosides helped me because the mnemonic matched the type of medication. This mnemonic also had not only the symptoms, but also the medication names.

G: Gram-negative
R: Renal toxic
A: Aura toxic
M: Monitor peaks

N: Neomycin/ Polymyxin B
E
G: Gentamicin
A: Amikacin
T: Tobramycin
I: Inhibit protein synthesis
V
E
S: Streptomycin