BESIDES your meds, of course. Seems like the older we get, the more "just in case" stuff we take. I'd like to hear what the rest of you do.

More bandaids than I think I need. Neosporin, and Ibuprofen. I like to bring Claritin as well because I find minor allergies seem to pop up. Small sewing kit.

Band-Aids
Visine
Cipro
Amoxicillin
Afrin nasal spray
Cortisone cream
Tweezers (used to have small scissors, small knife & needles but those go in checked baggage now)
Small penlight
Sudafed decongestant
Cough suppressant (pill form, not syrup)
Glasses repair kit
dramamine
Imodium
BIG bottle of tums
two airline minis of VO whiskey for medicinal purposes only.
aspirin
sunblock
ace bandage ankle brace

This may sound stupid, but I take a small tube of vasoline. It comes in handy for many large and small things, but as I get older I tend to use it to grease up my toes and feet to ward off blisters.

Its also a good way to prevent or relieve chafing on my upper legs from all the walking in store-bought short pants.

Works for me.

Extra large fabric banaids that I particularly like and a couple Iboprofen in cas an aches strikes when the pharmacies are close. Other than that I just buy anything else I might need there.

In fact, while there, I stock up on my Flonase and Zyrtec or Claritin..it only costs 25% as much and you can get it without a prescription. I can save enough on to pay for my plane ticket as I don't have Rx coverage with my insurance.

Yes, like Degas, I carry some Vaseline with me - but only for emergencies. Vaseline is, like aspirin, a do-all type of product. You can put a bit of it around the threads of a lightbulb to prevent the lightbulb from getting permanently stuck in the socket, especially those outdoors...but I digress...

Bug Spray, with enough Deet to kill a horse
After Bite lotion - for not having used the bug spray

A small bottle of Listerine, which doubles as an antiseptic wash (no other mouthwash will do)

Alka Seltzer, which is faster acting than aspirin

One of those tiny foldable hi tech "blankets" 2"x 1" x 1 1/2", some waterproof matches, a compass, and a small mirror - these if I am going hiking in high mountains

some safety pins in a variety of sizes

and just about everything on indytravel's list, except tweezers. My sister had her eyebrow tweezers confiscated...and I know who took them! It was that airport guard with those heavy bushy eyebrows...

Apart from what everyone else has said, one of the bulkiest things that I always carry is a big roll of self-fixing elastic bandage.

It remained unused in my first-aid kit for many years and my husband always complained that it took up so much room and never got used. But last year I tripped as I was going down some steps and badly sprained my ankle on the first day of our holiday and where we were staying was 5 miles from the nearest "farmakia", so I was glad I hadn't given in to him and left it at home.

After an hour lying on the bed with an ice pack on my foot, followed by some good sturdy strapping up, I was all set and raring to go to the beach!

Only the things that I might need immediately & before I could walk to a pharmacy (i.e., Imodium or bandaids). I'd rather pack light and improvise, than be prepared for every possible situation that could conceivable arise. How many times have we really used that sewing kit?~ haha.

Also I travel exclusively in towns and cities, so maybe staying in the countryside or camping out, I'd take a different approach.

Apart from tweezers, a few acetaminophen tablets, and maybe some Imodium, I don't take any first aid supplies.

Just too much stuff to fill up my limited luggage -- plus everything you might need is readily available most places in Europe.

Only the essential toiletries, plus dayquil and nyquil, contact lens fluids [what a pain to schlep] and tylenol's Simply Sleep, which works really well.