Illustrated Pharmacology Memory Cards: PharMnemonics PDF

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This set of 282 PharMnemonics cards is carefully designed to make medical pharmacology fun to learn and easy to memorize. First of all, major drug names or class stems are linked to drug actions with mnemonics, humor and illustrations. This turns a "clueless" drug name into a vivid visual cue for easy recall of drug actions and quick recognition of drug classification. Secondly, along with the action-linked visual mnemonics, mechanisms of action are explained sufficiently with detailed diagrams. Thirdly, drug uses, interactions and side effects are summarized concisely in an outline format and ALSO made memorable with numerous mnemonics and illustrations. Finally, some key points of drugs are presented with tables and even highlighted with Dr. Bright's Hint, a special mnemonic form mostly expressed as a brief conversation. Organized systematically, each topic starts with an overview card that has a list of drugs on the front and an integrated diagram illustrating the sites of action on the back. This provides the reader a comprehensive yet clear big picture for drug classification and rationales of drug therapy. It is updated with the latest drugs and drug classes, such as GLP-1 agonists and DPP-4 inhibitors used for treating type II diabetes mellitus. Also, it has an appendix listing commonly used trade names. This set of PharMnemonics cards is intended to serve as an excellent memory aid in medical pharmacology review, either for the courses or the board exams. It is suitable for anyone who wants to learn and memorize medical pharmacology with ease and fun.

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• Cards: 282 pages
• Publisher: Minireview; 1st edition (February 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595411011
• ISBN-13: 978-1595411013
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Illustrated Pharmacology Memory Cards: PharMnemonics PDF

If my "helpfulness" rating gets voted down by this same group of people, you'll know I was right. I hold a 100% "helpful" rating right now on my reviews.
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It is a sad shame that a campaign at a southern US Medical school took it upon themselves to smear this excellent set of teaching tools. Now, it looks like this great set of flash cards is worthless, when in fact it's easily the best. After trying THREE different sets of cards (Lange, and I forget the other two) these helped me to remember the best as it gives you a crazy visual for each drug. Excellent buy.

First off, notice that all negative comments are within two weeks of each other from 29 Jan 09 to 09 Feb 09 (at the time of this writing), mostly by first-time reviewers, and how if you check out their "usefulness" percentage they are all around 50%.

Do not group-think and sell yourself short of an amazing set of cards. They helped me on what is arguably the hardest subject - memorizing random drug names. The authors make it very clear that the mnemonics are crazy - as ALL GOOD mnemonics are meant to stick in your brain through craziness. As such you'll need the text to supplement your learning but that's the point - unlike other card sets which are the textbook in a pocket format (and therefore for me did not make good memorizing tools). They helped me pass my course and I will definitely use them for Step 1. I hope that there are more discerning medical students out there who will check reviews other than between January 29th and February 9th, as a good physician would immediately spot the skewed and biased stats behind the average stars right now.