The 2010 Pharmacy Times OTC Recommendations Survey asked thousands of pharmacists to declare their preferred
recommendations on OTC brands in 145 therapeutic categories. Pharmacists across the country make more than 80 million
recommendations to their patients every month, and more often than not, patients will follow these recommendations. Pharmacists are the most accessible, and among the most trusted, health care providers, and they play a key role in patients’ health with their recommendations.

On OTCGuide.net, these recommendations are organized into color-coded OTC group categories. Within the group categories, each therapeutic category has a corresponding chart and graph that displays the percentage of pharmacists’ recommendations that each product or brand received. The tables also show the total number of recommendations pharmacists make in that therapeutic category each month.

The Pharmacy Times OTC Master's Circle is an elite club made up of those products from the 2010 OTC Recommendations Survey that earned at least 50% of pharmacists' recommendations. Master's Circle winners are denoted in their respective charts with a special seal that acknowledges this achievement.

Thank you to the thousands of pharmacists who contributed to the 2010 Survey of Pharmacists' OTC Recommendations and to OTCGuide.net! We invite you to share your feedback on our Web site and how we can continue to enhance this important resource—simply click the “Feedback” tab at the top of the page.

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