I just started medic school 2 weeks ago through NCTI, Is there any tips or suggestions to learning the drugs? and has anyone tried studying with audio, i heard that it helps sometimes.
To add to that, if you learn their generic name, they sometimes have the same suffixes e.g. -pril for ACE inhibitors or -lol for beta-blockers.
To learn some of them, I read scenarios on here, looked at the patient's PMH, the drugs they took, thought about which one is associated with which condition, and also what I'd administer to treat their conidition e.g. if the patient is experiencing NV, I may consider administering promethazine. Learn their different names, dosage, the route & technique to administer them, their inidications, contraindications, and considerations/cautious use.
Aside from studying my handouts from class & reading my Pharmacology book....
FLASH CARDS were what I started with. You can buy them or make your own.
I realize people learn in different ways but what helped me the most was just writing the information down. Whether it was a flash card I made or mainly just all in a notebook; writing it instead of just staring at it helped me immensely.
It's like an NREMT skill sheet you can memorize even all these drugs & dosages with practice.