I appreciate the support! Make sure to check out the spreadsheet linked in the description. It has a lot of helpful info as well. Also don’t be afraid to ask any questions!
Well the thing with me is my eye sight is impaired, since birth I was born premature. I notice the Pharmacist want me to work a little bit faster, and remember things in detail more as a Pharmacy Technician. I'm studying for the PTCB EXAM, so I can become certified. I just have to be creative and try to turn my weakness into a strength.
Thank you for your videos it helps me a lot and also if you make a video for SALADs, I will study for the PTCE. I am watching your videos over again and again.
Start with generic, brand, class, and indication. But don’t learn the drugs one by one. Group them by the class and make a color scheme that also indicates class. Color coding adds another component to strengthen the memorization process. In each class there’s a group of drugs with the same indication. From there learn their brand names. For example, the statins are used for high cholesterol. There are 7 drugs classified as statins. Take it a step further by associating drug stems (prefixes and suffixes) within generic drug names with class/indication. All the statins end in -vastatin so when you see that in a drug name you know it’s used for high cholesterol. In my head I visualize the statin drug names in red font meaning they’re used for cardio-related indications. Check out my drug classes and drug stems for the color coding, drug grouping, and suffixes. Once you have all your drugs in a class grouped, learn the brand names. There are some trends with brand names as well. Lipitor, Zocor, Mevacor, and Crestor all end in -tor/-cor which kinda sounds like parts of cholesterol. Pravachol and Lescol also have the -chol sound in their names probably derived from cholesterol. Once you feel confident with those, move on to the next class and repeat the same process. Hope that helps and good luck with your pharmacy career!
Could you please make videos of how to resolve Adjudication problem in EPRN computer system (right now, I know how to resolve PA and High dose problem) and I am also confused in Data entry of Transferred prescription specially in refill area like how many refills plus original prescription was written and how many time dispensed already etc... Learning EPRN software program is a big part of the job but it takes time to learn because everybody is too busy to teach me. I have learned a lot but I still need to learn more about adjudication part and how to type in transferred prescriptions. Please help!!!
Hi Miya! I'm not familiar with the EPRN software unfortunately, but I can answer any general questions you have. When entering a transferred rx, the most important value is the total quantity being transferred. For example #90 with 3 refills is the same as a total of 4 fills or 360 tablets. Most transfers include the total quantity remaining so to calculate the quantity dispensed and refills remaining, take the total quantity, subtract one fill amount, then divide the remainder by that fill amount to get # of refills. As an example, an rx is transferred with 270 tablets remaining. Transfers usually include qty last dispensed or a fill history. A fill history might show that the patient has been picking up 30 tablets at a time. So subtract 30 from 270 to get 240 then divide that by 30 to get 8 refills. So you would enter #30 for qty dispensed with 8 refills remaining. Original written qty should be included somewhere on the transfer. It takes practice to get the hang of it, but you're asking questions so I know you're determined!
Thanks for the comment! You are correct that priming should be factored in, however it does not affect the actual days supply. On paper, the math might work out to be a few days less, but a lot of insulin pens have overfill to account for priming and human error. Same goes for inhalers and many drugs packaged in vials. Best practice is to prime 2 units before every injection but this step is often forgotten or never mentioned to patients. So the priming amount is negligible when considering days supply for insurance billing. I have yet to see a patient request an early fill for insulin because we calculated the wrong days supply or receive insurance audits because we did not factor in priming. Every pharmacy I've been at does not take priming into account, but I know some companies like Walgreens does. So bottom line is do whatever your company/pharmacist prefers!
We have to include the original fill for 90 capsules as well. So 90 from the first fill + the 3 refills or a total of 4 fills. So that's 90 x 4 = 360! When receiving transfers from other pharmacies you might see this written as 1 + 3 which means 1 fill plus 3 refills for a total of 4 fills. Hope that helps!
Hello do you any other good online practice courses with tests and etc/ channels? I wanna do allot of practice test but due to the pandemic and other personal life problems i can only afford to take the offical ptcb test!
Hey great question! Amanda PharmD has a few practice tests on her channel that are pretty good. If you can get through all 3 of my previous videos and the 2 she has posted, then I'd say you're solid on your medications. I covered some aspects of order entry/processing in this video, but you'll want to make sure you understand each bullet point on the content outline here: www.ptcb.org/guidebook/ptce-content-outline. For federal requirements, know the different organizations (FDA/DEA/USP) and what they do. Know the most important laws relating to pharmacy and make sure you understand the major differences between C2, C3-5, and legend prescriptions. I would recommend you copy and paste those content outline bullet points and find pertinent info on each one. You could copy all the info you find for each bullet point into a word document and use that as a single source to study from. I think there's a free app with practice questions, but I can't remember what it's called. Hope that helps!
@@Trsshpandasa7867 Check out the top 200 drugs list in the description of this video. The C2 drugs are highlighted in rose. The C2 medications are your pain meds, stimulants, and cough medications with hydrocodone. C3 meds are highlighted in green. C3 meds include Suboxone, testosterone, Codeine #3. C4 meds are highlighted in blue and include your z drugs, benzos, tramadol, Soma, some weight loss agents, and some narcolepsy agents. C5 drugs are highlighted in yellow and include Lyrica and some other anticonvulsant meds. That covers most of your controlled substances. Also check out the beginning of the drug classes video. There I show how you can copy + paste the list into excel and manipulate it to help you study!
Good guess but not what I was looking for! For C2 medications, the prescriber will generally write out the quantity in words as well, especially if it is a handwritten script! It does have to do with controlled substances though!
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GOAT comment! Glad I could help and thanks for your support!
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Love this video! I just got hired as a data entry associate for a pharmacy branch. This video is great help thank you!
Thank you for this. I just got a at home job for data entry after my maternity leave. This definitely refreshed my memory!
New pharm tech apprentice at Walgreens, thank you so much for this video! Take my subscribe!!!
Good luck at Walgreens and thank you for the support Richard!
I listen and study to your sessions daily . I'm very new to the field and I need help.
I appreciate the support! Make sure to check out the spreadsheet linked in the description. It has a lot of helpful info as well. Also don’t be afraid to ask any questions!
Well the thing with me is my eye sight is impaired, since birth I was born premature. I notice the Pharmacist want me to work a little bit faster, and remember things in detail more as a Pharmacy Technician. I'm studying for the PTCB EXAM, so I can become certified.
I just have to be creative and try to turn my weakness into a strength.
Prescription is too neat 😮
Is the answer to the bonus question that the CII should be on its own prescription?
Thank you for your videos it helps me a lot and also if you make a video for SALADs, I will study for the PTCE. I am watching your videos over again and again.
That’s a great idea for a video! I’ll keep it in mind! And thank you for the support 😊
As a starting technician with no experience whatsoever, what would you suggest with getting familiars with the drug names ?
Start with generic, brand, class, and indication. But don’t learn the drugs one by one. Group them by the class and make a color scheme that also indicates class. Color coding adds another component to strengthen the memorization process. In each class there’s a group of drugs with the same indication. From there learn their brand names.
For example, the statins are used for high cholesterol. There are 7 drugs classified as statins. Take it a step further by associating drug stems (prefixes and suffixes) within generic drug names with class/indication. All the statins end in -vastatin so when you see that in a drug name you know it’s used for high cholesterol. In my head I visualize the statin drug names in red font meaning they’re used for cardio-related indications. Check out my drug classes and drug stems for the color coding, drug grouping, and suffixes.
Once you have all your drugs in a class grouped, learn the brand names. There are some trends with brand names as well. Lipitor, Zocor, Mevacor, and Crestor all end in -tor/-cor which kinda sounds like parts of cholesterol. Pravachol and Lescol also have the -chol sound in their names probably derived from cholesterol.
Once you feel confident with those, move on to the next class and repeat the same process. Hope that helps and good luck with your pharmacy career!
How is the day supply 16 for question 1 but 7 for question 2? time stamp 4:50
Subscribed. Starting data entry training tomorrow.
Thanks Marisa! Data entry and insurance can be one of the toughest parts of pharmacy so good luck!
Could you please make videos of how to resolve Adjudication problem in EPRN computer system (right now, I know how to resolve PA and High dose problem) and I am also confused in Data entry of Transferred prescription specially in refill area like how many refills plus original prescription was written and how many time dispensed already etc...
Learning EPRN software program is a big part of the job but it takes time to learn because everybody is too busy to teach me.
I have learned a lot but I still need to learn more about adjudication part and how to type in transferred prescriptions.
Please help!!!
Hi Miya! I'm not familiar with the EPRN software unfortunately, but I can answer any general questions you have. When entering a transferred rx, the most important value is the total quantity being transferred. For example #90 with 3 refills is the same as a total of 4 fills or 360 tablets. Most transfers include the total quantity remaining so to calculate the quantity dispensed and refills remaining, take the total quantity, subtract one fill amount, then divide the remainder by that fill amount to get # of refills.
As an example, an rx is transferred with 270 tablets remaining. Transfers usually include qty last dispensed or a fill history. A fill history might show that the patient has been picking up 30 tablets at a time. So subtract 30 from 270 to get 240 then divide that by 30 to get 8 refills. So you would enter #30 for qty dispensed with 8 refills remaining. Original written qty should be included somewhere on the transfer. It takes practice to get the hang of it, but you're asking questions so I know you're determined!
Excellent class!!
13:08 correct me if I’m wrong, but your days supply for Basaglar is incorrect. You forgot to factor in the priming units before each shot.
Thanks for the comment! You are correct that priming should be factored in, however it does not affect the actual days supply. On paper, the math might work out to be a few days less, but a lot of insulin pens have overfill to account for priming and human error. Same goes for inhalers and many drugs packaged in vials. Best practice is to prime 2 units before every injection but this step is often forgotten or never mentioned to patients. So the priming amount is negligible when considering days supply for insurance billing. I have yet to see a patient request an early fill for insulin because we calculated the wrong days supply or receive insurance audits because we did not factor in priming. Every pharmacy I've been at does not take priming into account, but I know some companies like Walgreens does. So bottom line is do whatever your company/pharmacist prefers!
hydroxyzine pamoate 25 mg Qty: 120 caps DS:25? not DS: 20?
beginner here: Ultram 50mg tabs, 50 tabs at a max of every 6 hours = 4x a day...12 day supply?
That’s right!
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Q3. gabapentin 300mg Qty: 90 ; Refills: 3; Q&A: How many capsules total of gabapentin were prescribed? "360"? not 90 x 3= 270?
We have to include the original fill for 90 capsules as well. So 90 from the first fill + the 3 refills or a total of 4 fills. So that's 90 x 4 = 360! When receiving transfers from other pharmacies you might see this written as 1 + 3 which means 1 fill plus 3 refills for a total of 4 fills. Hope that helps!
Bactrim DS 800-160 mg Qty:14 tabs DS:25? not DS:7
You're right! Good catch! Same with the hydroxyzine. It should be 20 days like you said!
This video has been EXTREMELY helpful. Thanks!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Actually a good way to learn👍👌👌
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Hello do you any other good online practice courses with tests and etc/ channels? I wanna do allot of practice test but due to the pandemic and other personal life problems i can only afford to take the offical ptcb test!
Hey great question! Amanda PharmD has a few practice tests on her channel that are pretty good. If you can get through all 3 of my previous videos and the 2 she has posted, then I'd say you're solid on your medications. I covered some aspects of order entry/processing in this video, but you'll want to make sure you understand each bullet point on the content outline here: www.ptcb.org/guidebook/ptce-content-outline. For federal requirements, know the different organizations (FDA/DEA/USP) and what they do. Know the most important laws relating to pharmacy and make sure you understand the major differences between C2, C3-5, and legend prescriptions. I would recommend you copy and paste those content outline bullet points and find pertinent info on each one. You could copy all the info you find for each bullet point into a word document and use that as a single source to study from. I think there's a free app with practice questions, but I can't remember what it's called. Hope that helps!
@@ungerpharmacy ohh ok thanks if possible can you add the schedule of the top 200 drug! i feel like it owuld be super useful!
@@Trsshpandasa7867 Check out the top 200 drugs list in the description of this video. The C2 drugs are highlighted in rose. The C2 medications are your pain meds, stimulants, and cough medications with hydrocodone. C3 meds are highlighted in green. C3 meds include Suboxone, testosterone, Codeine #3. C4 meds are highlighted in blue and include your z drugs, benzos, tramadol, Soma, some weight loss agents, and some narcolepsy agents. C5 drugs are highlighted in yellow and include Lyrica and some other anticonvulsant meds. That covers most of your controlled substances. Also check out the beginning of the drug classes video. There I show how you can copy + paste the list into excel and manipulate it to help you study!
@@ungerpharmacy ahhh i never noticed the colours lol!
Thank you
good vid
QTY on Concerta doesn't have number of quantity written out in parenthesis.
Good guess but not what I was looking for! For C2 medications, the prescriber will generally write out the quantity in words as well, especially if it is a handwritten script! It does have to do with controlled substances though!
@@ungerpharmacy DEA number is invalid for Dr. Parker.
You got it!