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PREFACE:

Today, the pharmacy is considered a very fast-growing field. The jobs done by pharmacists yesterday have
completely changed today. Today’s pharmacist is not merely a machine to dispense drugs, he or she can counsel
the patients, keep an eye on important interactions, and practice more towards the clinical side of the field of
pharmacy.

However, this requires a great amount of time and patience. By considering all of these factors, in 1995 PTCB
was introduced. By certifying pharmacy technicians, pharmacists can spend more time on patient counseling and
other patient-oriented jobs.

To prepare a pharmacy technician to take over some of the responsibilities of pharmacists, such as discovering
duplicated therapy, wrong doses and directions, and the knowledge of drug indications and interactions, the
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Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) was introduced in 1995.

This exam will test pharmacy technicians on three major areas:

1. Assisting the pharmacist in serving patients.
2. Maintaining medications and inventory control systems.
3. Participating in administration and management of the pharmacy practice.

This review book has more than 500 questions that allow you to practice tackling the actual exam.

We have also included more than 40 chapters that will give you knowledge of drug trade names, generic names,
indications and major adverse reactions.

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The PTCB exam puts more emphasis on calculations; therefore, all efforts were made to include calculations in
the tutorial.

The practice test at the end of the review book will ensure that you understand the material provided for you in
this book. All suggestions from you are always welcome.

I wish you much success.

Best of luck,

Manan H. Shroff

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