The list collects recommendations from thousands of pharmacists for more than 130 product categories.
The No.1 pharmacist-recommended over-the-counter products in 35 categories:
- Antacids: Tums (winning 60 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Antidiarrheals: Imodium (winning 89 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Antihistamines for allergies: Claritin (winning 39 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Arthritis and joint pain treatment: Voltaren gel (winning 39 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Aspirin for heart health: Bayer (winning 64 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Bandages, covers and gauze: Band-Aid (winning 62 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Blood glucose monitors: OneTouch (winning 29 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Children’s pain relief: Children’s Tylenol (winning 65 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Cholesterol management: Nature Made Fish Oil (winning 39 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Cold remedies: Cepacol (winning 34 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Cough suppressants: Delsym (winning 45 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Diabetic foot cream: Eucerin (winning 28 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Ear pain relief: Similasan earache relief (winning 62 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Essential vitamins: Nature Made (winning 61 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Expectorants: Mucinex (winning 81 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Flu treatments: Theraflu (winning 29 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Hand sanitizer: Purell (winning 74 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Headache relief: Tylenol (winning 26 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Immune system support: Emergen-C (winning 36 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Lactose intolerance products: Lactaid (winning 87 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Menstrual pain relief: Midol Complete (winning 33 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Migraine relief: Excedrin migraine (winning 73 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Nausea remedies: Dramamine-N (winning 36 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Oral decongestants: Sudafed (winning 55 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Pregnancy testing: First Response (winning 45 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Proton pump inhibitors: Prilosec OTC (winning 57 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Scar treatments: Mederma (winning 77 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Sleep aids: Nature Made Melatonin (winning 42 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Smoking cessation aids: NicoDerm CQ patch (winning 65 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Sore throat products: Cepacol (winning 31 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Topical analgesics: Voltaren gel (winning 39 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Upset stomach remedies: Pepto-Bismol (winning 67 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Urinary pain relief: AZO Urinary Pain Relief (winning 79 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Yeast infection prevention and relief: Monistat (winning 61 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
- Zinc cold remedies: Zicam (winning 52 percent of pharmacists’ votes)
Find the full list here.
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