Pete: Okay, I stand corrected. But I think my major point is still valid. You have far higher qualifications in this area than I do, so you presumably have a much better idea than most of us when it is or is not appropriate to take a particular medicine. But even OTC medications can have serious side effects if taken for the wrong reasons - I'm pretty sure that, for example, Tylenol can turn an unpleasant condition (a headache) into a life-threatening one (e.g. liver failure) if taken incorrectly. So I'm still a little leery of non-professionals taking a whole swack of medications into the woods without necessarily having the training or expertise to use them appropriately.
(Especially if they are doing so at the expense of basic first aid supplies that are far more likely to be needed.) <img src="images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />