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In 2002, two national surveys of pharmacists' recommendations were conduted by Pharmacy Times and Pharmacy Today (the offical publication of the American Pharmaceutical Association). These results ranked SnoreStop as the #1 over-the-counter medicine for snoring in the U.S. SnoreStop was also the most recommended brand of medicine for snoring by pharmacists, having recieved the number of recommendations when compared to the second leading brand.
In 2003, under the same survey guidlines, SnoreStop continues to rank #1 in its category, with SnoreStop's recommendations now exceeding three times the recommendations of the second leading brand.
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Pharmacist Survey of OTC Products |
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Product
Category |
Top Three Products by Percentage
of Pharmacists' Weekly Recommendations |
Other
% Total
Recomm-
dations |
| Sleep Aids |
Sominex 32.3% |
Unisom 28.6% |
Nytol 13.2% |
Other 25.9% |
| Antisnoring |
SnoreStop
42.4% |
Breathe Right
Strips 22.1% |
Sorenz 11.5% |
Other 24.2% |
| December 2002 Pharmacy Today |
*The 2002 Pharmacy Times OTC Recommendation Survey asked
more than 2,100 pharmacists for their preferences on more than 1,000
OTC brands in over 100 OTC categories. In the tables that follow, products
are organized by category and listed based on the percentage of pharmacists’ recommendations
they received. Percentages from the survey are calculated based on the
total number of times per month the pharmacists who recommended the product
category chose the brand.
**In August 2002, 1,000 practicing community pharmacists were surveyed
regarding which products they recommend for self-care of common conditions.
The
instrument consisted of 8 general questions relating to OTCs and 54
OTC product categories. For each product category, participants were
provided with a list of products (aided recall) and asked to write
in the number of times per week they recommend those products to patients.
Participants were also given the opportunity to write in the name of
any product they routinely recommend that was not listed.
Surveys were returned via mail or fax to Pharmacy Today and tabulated.
The response rate was 32%. Total recommendations per week for all products
in a given category were tallied, and percentages were assigned to each
product listed. Leaders in each category were determined by highest percentage
of the total number of recommendations per week. The top three products
in each category are listed in the tables that follow with their percentage
share of the total number of respondent recommendations. The remaining
products are grouped into the “other” category.
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