It's called a prescription <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> It is not unusual to stock a few prescribed items in a medical kit for potential emergencies. Some of the kit makers reviewed by Doug actually do M.D. consultations with users to determine possible needs "Where There Is No Doctor." Remember too, modern electronic communications may put us in touch with a M.D. in Anchorage while camping with a medical emergency, and a major urban emergency may find some resources temporarilly exausted.