I'm just beginning to look into a career as a Pharmacy Tech and this is one of the first books that I've looked at, but it seems that there is an error in Ch.1 Sample questions. Question C asks: "True or False?
1.When there is only one brand/trade name for a medication (no generic equivalent), the trade name must appear on the prescription/medication order."
The answer in the back of the book says this statement is FALSE, but if there is no generic equivalent, then wouldn't the brand/trade name be the ONLY name for the drug? And if there is only ONE brand name, wouldn't it HAVE to appear on the prescription?
Common sense tells me that this is a mistake. It also makes me wonder how many other errors are embedded in this text and whether I'd be foolish to use it as a STUDY guide. Why memorize incorrect information? Will Ms. Marks, the author, take responsibility for questions that I answer wrongly on the exam b/c I learned them from her book??? I think not. Buyer beware!

If you've worked in a pharmacy for years and math is a snap for you, then go ahead and buy this book. I is the cheapest and quickest certification guide out there. However, if you need to comprehensively review for the national certification exam, you'll need a much more in-depth book. This book only briefly mentions many important points, assuming that you already know them. Don't buy this book if you need a comprehensive review guide for the PTCB exam.

This book is really nothing more than an outline for study and a collection of questions and one letter answers. It was also published at the inception of the pharmacy certification exam and the exam has changed substantially since then. The material contained in the text is really not much more that what is included with the exam packet, just expanded bit, and is now outdated in the level and breadth of knowledge which is expected from examinees with a passing score. Examinees would be better served by a more detailed, helpful, comprehensive and recently published text.

This book was OK, 10 editions ago when there were few competitors. However, currently there are several introductory Accounting books which handle the subject matter in a more topical and more interesting fashion. Skip this one!

I bought it and never open it. It has the same stuff in the book and still no answers or help on the problems you are doing