NAPLEX mnemonics
1. BZDs not hepatically cleared: "Over the liver"
Oxazepam, temazepam, lorazepam
2. BZDs safe for elderly: "LOT"
Lorazepam, oxazepam, temazepam
3. Pharmacists Rock At Saving Lives and Preventing Flu - Statin Equivalent
doses: Pitavastatin 2 mg, Rosuvastatin 5 mg, Atorvastatin 10 mg, Simvastatin 20
mg, Lovastatin 40 mg, Pravastatin 40 mg, and Fluvastatin 80 mg
4. "Tigers don't pee": Tigecycline doesn't cover Ps (Pseudomonas, Proteus, Prov-
idencia)
5. Ertapenem doesn't cover APE (Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Enterococ-
cus): Meropenem, doripenem, and imipenem-cilastin cover these
6. HIT MAP: All uppercase letters covers drugs causing DILE (3Ms): Hy-
dralazine
Isoniazid
Terbinafine
methimazole
Minocycline
Methyldopa
Anti TNF
Propylthiouracil
Quinidine
7. Protease inhibitors not safe with sulfa allergies: "DTF"
darunavir, tipranavir, fosamprenavir
8. Very Questionable FACTS( all uppercase letters) covers TTP: Famciclovir,
Acyclovir,Clopidogrel, Ticlopidine, SMX/TMP( FACTS) Valacyclovir (very) , Quinine
( Questionable)
9. "My Good Lungs"- respiratory fluroquinolonges: Moxi, gemi, levofloxacin
10. "PE- physical exercise" are PPI available as injectable: pantoprazole, es-
omeprazole
11. "ROME"- acid-base abnormalities: Respiratory Opposite:
inc pH, dec CO2 (Alkalosis)
dec pH, inc CO2 (Acidosis)
Metabolic Equal"
inc pH, inc HCO3 (alkalosis)
dec pH, dec HCO3 (Acidosis)
12. "C-WARD"- BZD side effects: C-confusion
W-withdrawl symptoms
A- addiction, amnesia, ataxia
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1. BZDs not hepatically cleared: "Over the liver"
Oxazepam, temazepam, lorazepam
2. BZDs safe for elderly: "LOT"
Lorazepam, oxazepam, temazepam
3. Pharmacists Rock At Saving Lives and Preventing Flu - Statin Equivalent
doses: Pitavastatin 2 mg, Rosuvastatin 5 mg, Atorvastatin 10 mg, Simvastatin 20
mg, Lovastatin 40 mg, Pravastatin 40 mg, and Fluvastatin 80 mg
4. "Tigers don't pee": Tigecycline doesn't cover Ps (Pseudomonas, Proteus, Prov-
idencia)
5. Ertapenem doesn't cover APE (Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Enterococ-
cus): Meropenem, doripenem, and imipenem-cilastin cover these
6. HIT MAP: All uppercase letters covers drugs causing DILE (3Ms): Hy-
dralazine
Isoniazid
Terbinafine
methimazole
Minocycline
Methyldopa
Anti TNF
Propylthiouracil
Quinidine
7. Protease inhibitors not safe with sulfa allergies: "DTF"
darunavir, tipranavir, fosamprenavir
8. Very Questionable FACTS( all uppercase letters) covers TTP: Famciclovir,
Acyclovir,Clopidogrel, Ticlopidine, SMX/TMP( FACTS) Valacyclovir (very) , Quinine
( Questionable)
9. "My Good Lungs"- respiratory fluroquinolonges: Moxi, gemi, levofloxacin
10. "PE- physical exercise" are PPI available as injectable: pantoprazole, es-
omeprazole
11. "ROME"- acid-base abnormalities: Respiratory Opposite:
inc pH, dec CO2 (Alkalosis)
dec pH, inc CO2 (Acidosis)
Metabolic Equal"
inc pH, inc HCO3 (alkalosis)
dec pH, dec HCO3 (Acidosis)
12. "C-WARD"- BZD side effects: C-confusion
W-withdrawl symptoms
A- addiction, amnesia, ataxia
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