As you know I just recently passed my NAPLEX exam ( to read more about that click here) and before taking my exam I managed to get through the entire RxPrep book. Luckily for you guys I will share my study schedule and how I managed to get through the entire book in just 30 days. After the 30 days I had 6 days to review certain topics I felt I needed to be stronger in and practiced calculations up until my exam date.
*Note: Some days are easier than others and some days are harder within this study schedule but you CAN do it! I don’t account for calculations in the study schedule below so please include calculation practice and review Prescription Top Sellers on easier study days or perhaps on your break days. Good Luck!
Pharmacy Board Exam (NAPLEX) Topics Study Schedule
- Day 1: Diabetes, Lab values & monitoring
- Day 2: Pharmacokinetics, Renal disease, Ischemic heart disease
- Day 3: Bio-statistics, Sterile compounding, Non-sterile compounding
- Day 4: Hazardous drugs, Medication Safety & Quality Improvement, Drug Allergies/ADR’s
- Day 5: Infectious diseases I, Chemical structures
- Day 6: Infectious diseases II, Pharmacogenomics
- Day 7: Drug References, Drug Interactions, Drug formulations
- Day 8: REST
- Day 9: Dietary supplements, Infectious diseases III, Tobacco
- Day 10: Chronic heart failure, Infectious diseases IV, Travelers
- Day 11: Critical care, Emergency Preparedness, Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
- Day 12: Drug use in Pregnancy, Pediatric Conditions, Immunizations
- Day 13: Pulmonary hypertension, Thyroid, Cystic Fibrosis
- Day 14: Transplant, Allergic rhinitis
- Day 15: Asthma, COPD, BPH
- Day 16: REST
- Day 17: Oncology I, Anemia
- Day 18: Oncology II, Sickle cell
- Day 19: Pain, Migraine, Gout
- Day 20: Arrhythmias, Acute coronary syndrome, Constipation/Diarrhea
- Day 21: Contraception, Osteoporosis, Systemic steroids/Autoimmune
- Day 22: Overactive bladder, Dyslipidemia, Hypertension
- Day 23: Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder
- Day 24: REST
- Day 25: Parkinsons disease, Alzheimers, ADHD, Anxiety
- Day 26: Sleep, GERD, Stroke
- Day 27: Anticoagulation, Weight loss
- Day 28: IBD, Sexual Dysfunction, Glaucoma
- Day 29: Motion Sickness, Skin Conditions, Epilepsy
- Day 30: HIV, Hepatitis, Interpreting questions chapter
Congratulations you have completed the entire RxPrep book! You do not have to necessarily use RxPrep for the study schedule above. You may also use it for reviewing class notes or for other resources such as Kaplan etc.
Do not forget to keep practicing calculations when you can and your brand names. It helps using flashcards for drug brand names and there are a bunch of great online Quizlets out there to use for example this Quizlet here!
This is a god send – thank you for sharing! I had to push back my test date from June 22 to July 19th due to some family emergencies that have come up and being unable to study for my exam…….so this will be my best friend up until my test date!
Thank you so much I hope it was helpful!
I have heard that the rxprep didnt do a good job going over compounding. What are your thoughts?
It is not the strongest but honestly covers the basic you need for the exam.