medical deductions

As a family of three, we had an unfortunate incident that costs us a bunch in medical bills. It will be well over 7% of our income. In order to get every single dime in our medical deduction, may we also deduct the cost of ovr-the-counter medicines for cold, flu, fever, etc?
Thank you

Medicine and drugs you purchase without a prescription are not deductible. For details on what can and can not be dedutedsee IRS Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax, which you can download for free at the IRS site at: http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/forms_pubs/index.html