Trying to learn meds for the nclex-pn ...and stumped with this.

Ickabod · Mar 7, 2011

I just bought kaplan med flash cards in a box. It's so much to remember!!! But I think it might help. They also have a small med book too if you don't want the flash cards. Good luck.

chillin4me · Mar 8, 2011

in every rules there's an exemption.. you can browse through allnurses about pharmacology, there's so many tips on my to easily memorize meds.

LPNtoBSNtoDNP · Mar 8, 2011

I wish i had good advice when i took mine last week i only had 2 drugs, i guess i got them correct because they didnt pop back up.

TinFL · Mar 8, 2011

Well actually Abilify (aripiprazole) should be classified as a -prazole=depression. So watch your endings. There are a lot out there. Know the major assoicated with the major diseases. Make flashcards and review nightly or download an app for your Iphone that has a pharm section and study nightly.

caliotter3 · Mar 9, 2011

Do the best you can. It is impossible to learn everything there is to know about every drug out there.

IndyElmer · May 27, 2012

I know this is an old thread, but in case anyone else has difficulty with this and goes searching in the future, I thought I'd mention that with the ones that end in "azole" you need to look at a few more letters before the "azole" part to make any generalizations about drug class/category, and as previously mentioned, even then, it's not a hard & fast rule.

-CONazole is likely an antifungal but that class has quite a few drugs that do not use the ending

-PRazole is likely a proton pump inhibitor (as mentioned above, aripiprazole (Abilify) is an exception)

-ENDazole is likely an antihelminthic, but that class has quite a few drugs that do not use the ending either

And there are quite a few other drugs that end in "azole" that fit none of the above categories.