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Domain 1 · 35% of the PTCB exam

Medications

About 28 of your 80 scored questions come from here. 222 questions in the full bank; a rotating free sample below.

Knowledge areas tested
  1. Generic names, brand names, and classifications of medications
  2. Therapeutic duplications
  3. Common or life-threatening drug interactions and contraindications (drug-drug, drug-dietary supplement, drug-laboratory, drug-nutrient, drug-disease)
  4. Strengths/doses, dosage forms, routes of administration, special handling and administration instructions, and duration of drug therapy calc
  5. Common or severe medication side effects, adverse effects, and allergies
  6. Indications of medications
  7. Drug stability (oral suspensions, insulins, reconstitutables, injectables, vaccinations) calc
  8. Proper storage of medications (temperature ranges, light sensitivity, restricted access)
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