- 1Add a file
- 2Make cards
- 3Get your deck
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Click a mask to hide or show that label. Drag to move, drag the corner to resize, drag on the image to draw a new one, Delete to remove.
A drug-class page, in drug-cards mode
Adverse effects, monitoring and contraindications for ACE inhibitors — each one its own card, with the class of answer as a hint.
Cards 1–2ACE inhibitors cause because suppression of angiotensin II reduces the excretion of potassium via decreased .
Card 3In patients starting ACE inhibitors, a rise in serum creatinine of up to that stabilizes within 2–4 weeks is considered acceptable.
Cards 4–5The risk of renal failure is significantly increased when an ACE inhibitor is taken concomitantly with a and an .
Card 6ACE inhibitors are contraindicated in due to adverse effects on the fetus.
Click a blank to check yourself.
Real output in drug-cards mode, unedited, from our quality test set (four of the cards from this three-page chapter). Source text: Wikipedia, “ACE inhibitor”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Why “drug cards” mode
- One property per card. A card that asks for a drug's mechanism, five side effects and two antidotes at once is a card you'll keep failing. Drug-cards mode splits them: mechanism, indications, adverse effects, contraindications and interactions, monitoring.
- Both directions. Each drug also gets a card that blanks the drug name from its most distinctive property — the way exam questions ask.
- Only what your source says. Properties your lecture doesn't mention are not filled in from elsewhere, so the cards match what your instructor teaches.
How to make drug cards from a pharmacology lecture
- Drop the lecture or chapter. The pharm slides (PDF or .pptx), a textbook chapter, or your own drug notes in Markdown. One credit per page or slide.
- Drug-cards mode is preselected. Pages without drugs fall back to ordinary high-yield cards, so a lecture that mixes pathophysiology and drugs works as one run.
- Check and download. Look over the cards marked “Needs a look”, then download one .apkg for the unit.
How drug cards are built
One property per card
For every drug or drug class your source covers, drug-cards mode writes separate cards for what the source says about it: mechanism of action, main indications, key adverse effects, contraindications and interactions, and nursing or monitoring points such as labs to watch and antidotes. The drug is named on the card — with its class as a hint when your source gives the class — and the property is the blank. One more card turns it around and blanks the drug’s name from its most distinctive property, because that is how exam questions often ask.
Only what your material says
Courses differ in which drugs they teach as prototypes and which monitoring points they stress. The cards are written only from your lecture or chapter: a property your source doesn’t mention gets no card, rather than one filled in from a drug reference. If your instructor’s slide lists three adverse effects, you get cards for those three.
Lectures that mix drugs and disease
Pharmacology units rarely stay pure. Pages about pathophysiology, assessment or patient teaching that name no drug fall back to high-yield cards — the core definitions and classic exam points — so one lecture can go through in one run. You can switch modes for a single run at any time; the mode buttons sit above your file.
Studying the deck
Drug-class cards work best learnt alongside the prototype your course uses. Because each property is its own card, Anki brings back the side effect you keep forgetting without making you re-recite the mechanism you already know.
For study, not for practice
These cards are a study aid made from course material. They are not a drug reference: check doses, interactions and monitoring against your current clinical resources and your instructor before relying on them in practice.
Pay per page. Start free.
30 free credits when you sign up, then packs from $4.99. 1 credit = 1 page or slide (or a notes section of up to ~3,000 characters) turned into cards, or 1 diagram scanned for labels. Failed runs are refunded and downloading is free. See all credit packs
FAQ
Is this for NCLEX?
It makes cards from your own pharmacology material, which is what most nursing students review for course exams and the NCLEX. It is not affiliated with the NCSBN and includes no NCLEX content.
Can I use it for other subjects in the same session?
Yes. The mode buttons above your file switch between drug cards, high-yield, comprehensive and contrast for each run.
Will it add drug facts my lecture leaves out?
No. The cards are written only from the pages you send. If your lecture doesn’t mention a drug’s interactions, there is no interaction card for it.
Can I edit the cards before downloading?
Yes. Every card is shown as it will read in Anki. Drop, restore or edit cards with the mouse or the keyboard (J/K to move, X to remove, E to edit, or check them one at a time). Cards with long answers or too much text are flagged.
How much does it cost?
New accounts get 30 free credits. After that, credit packs start at $4.99. One credit is one page or slide turned into cards, or one diagram scanned for labels. If a run fails, its credits are refunded automatically. Downloading is free.