You’re number one!
Pharmacy Post’s 13th annual survey proves—yet again— that pharmacists are the trusted professionals on OTCs. Every 40 minutes or so, a pharmacist talks with a consumer about nonprescription products. In fact, pharmacists are unanimous in their belief that they have an important role in counselling on and recommending OTC products to patients. These and other results from our 2006 Survey on OTC Counselling & Recommendations only confirm our long-held conviction that community pharmacists are the most important resource for Canadians seeking to purchase and use a nonprescription medicine for themselves or their loved ones.

This year marks the 13th time we’ve surveyed Canadian pharmacists about their views on OTC counselling and to tell us which products they most often recommend. Those responses are the basis for selecting one brand in each category as the one most recommended by pharmacists. The brands that earn the most mentions may rightfully promote themselves as “Pharmacists' most recommended.”

Survey methodology Pharmacy Post’s 2006 Survey on OTC Counselling & Recommendations was mailed between October 12 and November 6, 2006, to a random sample of Canadian pharmacists. Responses were received from 551 pharmacists for an overall response rate of 7%. The margin of error is ±3.5%. 18 times out of 20.

> To find out which #1 product pharmacists are recommending in each category, click on the menu to the right.

> To find out how to read each product chart, please click on the thumbnail image.