Deja Review Pharmacology, Second Edition

I struggled to find a resource to help me wade through and memorize drugs, but found it with this book. Short and to the point, it's got most of what you need for Step 1, and I can't say enough good things about the format. Perfect for absorbing rote information and helping you sort out answer choices on the exam.I got a reasonable grip on pharm concept from courses and FA, but still found myself stumbling on pharm stuff in the qBanks (don't get me started on the dense uselessness of the Lange deck). I needed to find a resource that would let me quickly and repeatedly hammer home drug information, and this book had exactly what I was looking for. I became a believer in the Deja Review series after I found this book and bought most of the series (most are awesome, a few are bad).The key here is to not over-utilize this book, and to recognize it for what it is. It is a way to help you rote memorize drugs, mechanisms, side effects, etc. But it is not a text designed to help you understand pharmacology or drugs.So, if you find yourself struggling with concepts, this book is probably not for you. If you find yourself struggling with the drugs themselves, you've just found what you're looking for.

Used this book for various classes so far and it is an extremely fast and simple way to learn important facts about the drugs that most commonly appear on the NBME/USMLE tests. Some sections are stronger than others (CNS agents being one of the stronger sections, illicit drugs being weaker, for example). The facts are not specific to physiology/biochemistry, but do a great job of integrating the tidbits with actual medicine. The vignettes at the end of each chapter focus heavily on pharmacology rather than treatment/protocol so I wouldn't recommend it for anything beyond Step 1. It's not as long as other pharm-specific review texts (say, BRS) and I would imagine it is possible to go through the book 2 or 3 times in the course of Step 1 studying. My one complaint is that sometimes the answer to one question is in the next one, so you have to use a little discipline to avoid seeing it.

Deja review pharmacology gets an A in my opinion for quality. I ended up with a 260 on step and used this book to review for pharm in the year leading up to the exam when I wasn't going through my main resources like first aid, uworld, and boards and beyond. Its a well written book and makes studying fun

It's a quick review for pharmacology. I don't recommend studying solely from this book obviously, but it is an easy book to read on the go. It uses a Q & A format that you can cover the answer and just quiz yourself on the go when. The questions are all short and so are the answers. I used this book whenever I am on a bus or before I go to sleep. I think it's pretty helpful to highlight some of the important points in lengthy pharm books. It is reasonably "high yield" for step 1 but I don't think it is a necessary book to have if you want to achieve a high score...

I am stuck on how to really learn the pharm for step 1 and thought this was going to be my answer. Maybe I had my hopes up too high but I am actually quite disappointed. Although some of the book has important points a lot of it is made up of fillers with the kind of random facts that about drugs that only a pretty bad lecturer in medical school would ask. This makes the book longer than it should be and harder to pick out what you need to know. I guess I will still try using it together with First Aid and only look at the ones that are covered by it but honestly you would not miss out at all if you don't buy it.

I'm IMG who is studying USMLE Step 1. I was not good at pharmacology when I was in school. It has so many things to memorize, and too many drugs to memorize.But this book is very simple, easy and fun(and even cheep with kindle edition!!). I could study only the essential things from this book and it didn't take long. Very nice book for review.

There are definitely things in here that are overkill for step 1, but it's easy enough to get through and a great way to learn drugs. I waited until the last 2 weeks of step studying and blew through this my pharm when from in danger of failing to off the chart on test day.If you feel you can learn pharm from the charts in FA, that's enough, but I preferred the q and a format of Deja Review.

Good for what it is: a REVIEW book. This is better for drilling and review of concepts, when it comes to actually learning MOA, S/Es, etc I'd use Katzung, Lippincott or a similar text.Small, portable, not too thick. Great to carry with you if, like me, Pharmacology is an Achilles heel. Ideally this is good for a last pass of questions before a Pharm shelf, as another reviewer noted May be too much detail for Boards.

Easy concise info in a simple way.........though rich in content and in meaning.............can be used to test yourself in an easy rapid way.........

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Very good consiced book