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Turn your drug notes into medication flashcards

Upload a PDF, slides, notes or a photo of a drug table, and get flashcards you can review with spaced repetition.

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Making medication flashcards that hold up under pressure

Drug cards work best when each one holds a single fact you can recall quickly, so the easiest way to start is to upload your own material and let the AI draft medication flashcards from it. Paste in pharmacology slides, a drug table, or photos of a textbook page, then review the draft before you study.

Group cards by drug class, such as ACE inhibitors or anticoagulants.
Put the nursing action or safety check on the back of each card.
Keep one usual dose range or key side effect per card.
Review high-alert drugs such as insulin and heparin more often than the rest.

Example medication flashcards for nursing students

What are the five rights of medication administration?Right patient, right drug, right dose, right route and right time.

What is the antidote for heparin?Protamine sulfate, which reverses heparin's anticoagulant effect.

Which lab values should be checked during digoxin therapy?Serum potassium and digoxin level, because low potassium increases the risk of toxicity.

What drug class does lisinopril belong to?ACE inhibitor, which can cause a dry cough and raise potassium levels.

Why should extended-release tablets not be crushed?Crushing releases the full dose at once, which can cause toxicity.

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Built from your own material

Upload PDFs, DOCX or PPTX files, plain notes, or photos of pages. Text recognition reads the images so your drug lists become cards.

Spaced repetition

Cards you miss come back sooner, and the ones you know fade into longer intervals, so drug classes stick before exams.

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Plus users can export to Anki, PDF, DOCX and CSV to study on any device or share with a study group.

How it works

Upload your material

Add lecture slides, a drug table, your notes, or photos of a textbook page.

Review the draft cards

Check each card against your course text and edit any that mix two drugs or hide a dose.

Study with spaced repetition

Work through the deck daily so the hardest drug classes come back more often.

Check every generated card against your course text, since the AI works from what you upload. Edit any card that mixes two drugs or leaves out a dose, then study with spaced repetition so the drugs you keep missing come back more often.

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Frequently asked questions

How many flashcards should I make for a medication unit?

Focus on the drugs your course tests most and on high-alert medications, and keep each card to one idea such as a drug class, a usual dose range, or a key side effect.

What should a medication flashcard include?

The front holds the drug name or a clinical question, and the back holds the drug class, purpose, key side effects and a safety check. Keep each answer short enough to recall in a few seconds.

Can I export my medication flashcards to Anki?

Yes, the Plus plan includes export to Anki, PDF, DOCX and CSV. The free plan lets you study in the browser but does not include exports.

Is there a free plan to try this?

Yes, the free plan includes 3 generations per month and browser study, and no credit card is needed to start. Students with a school email get 40% off paid plans.

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