Pharmacology

[CM2000]

Hie all

Can anyone please tell me the best way to study Pharmacology drugs. I am having trouble understanding Opiod agonist, Agonist-Antagonist, Narcotic Antagonist because when I read they all look like they have the same use, I am having trouble differentiating them. Please help.

Thanx in advance

[mebamy]

I second that! I'm in my first semester, just finishing up Med Admin which I did okay in and now it's time to learn the drugs. We were given a list of about 110 drugs and told that by January we would be expected to know by heart the drugs' brand and generic names, drug classification, usual dose, acceptable routes, priority nursing implications, indications for use/expected effect of med, common side effects/potential adverse reactions, contraindications, and teaching concerns. And all they gave us was a list of the drugs names. There's SO much info out there for each one I don't even know where to begin! I am not very good with memorization and am more of a visual learner so I've gotten by pretty well with flash cards but this is way too much info to fit on a card! I'm so overwhelmed I am just trying to figure out how to approach it!

Any tips or pointers would be appreciated!

[NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN]

I feel the same way. Atleast your school gave you a list. I'm not sure what type of drugs we should know about... besides morphine, insulin, and other common drugs.