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This actually vary a lot.
Some medicine are made fully synthetically via the use of various chemicals.
Other medicine like Penicillin are made from various extracts of Fungus/Mold.
We have various other medicine that are extracts of other plants.
Medicine can also be "extracted" from various bacterias.
Most medicine as such (The active components) can be fully synthesized. This process is most often a lot cheaper than extracting and distilling from plants.
Even animals can provide a source of medicine in one way or another.
A bit far out this last bit, but valid in a weird sense:
Food cures hunger and water cures thirst.
Many diseases start off as a lack of nutrition's, minerals and vitamins becomes obvious.
To eat the right food actually cure most of these diseases.
So..
Medicine can be an Orange if you lack Vitamin C or it can be a Banana if you lack Vitamin K. Depends on wich kind of medicin, most of it is antibiotics (penicillin).
== == Drugs come in three basic forms - raw plant, refined plant or synthetic. Those sold in their raw form, such as dried or fresh cannabis leaves, or refined plant form, such as cocaine, tend to be produced in and around their respective growing regions, unless they can be viably grown elsewhere under artificial conditions. Hence, despite a lot of UK and European cannabis being grown and exported from areas like Morocco, Lebanon and Pakistan, increasing amounts are being grown domestically, using sophisticated growing methods such as hydroponic growing kits, producing potent and more resilient strains such as super-skunk. Cocaine, which is extracted and refined from the coca plant, is largely exported from South America where it is grown, cooked and turned into powder
It depends on the drug in question. Some drugs are derived from plants. Marijuana is prepared from the Cannabis plant. Cocaine is synthesized from the coca plant. On the other hand, some drugs are produced artificially. Methamphetamine, for example, is an artificial drug that is engineered chemically.
Most are synthetically made from plants, or plant products. If they are not made from plants, they are made from organic compounds and made into similar plant products.
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Who makes medical products?
Most of the medicines are made from private medical companies.
How medicines made?
Medicines are made in different ways depending on the particular type of medicine. In most cases, they undergo various chemical processes where the various ingredients are combines to make medicine.
What is a person who makes medicines called?
In the past, all medicines came from plants or animals. Although some important medicines still come from plants and animals, most medicines used today in the developed world are manufactured through chemical processes. Most medicines are made of plants, which are made in china. They are to heal people who had a very bad or a illness of any kind, it was made after the Victorians time.
Is it true that gold can be used in medicines?
Yes, it is true that gold is made in medicines.
How does chemistry interact with pharmacy?
Most medicines are made with solutions these are sold or prescribed by a pharmacy you need chemistry to learn how to make medicines or to learn its function. My answer is not 100% accurate only a guess!
Can medicine be made from sea animals?
Sure there are medicines made form sea-creatures. Cod-liver oil is probably the most famous.
What is a place where medicines are prepared and sold called?
Most medicines in developed countries are made in laboratories. Medicines in 3rd world countries are made by doctors in huts.
What medicines did the Inca Indians make?
the Incas made medicines that are used to help ill people
What medicines is made from trees?
Quinine is made from cinchona tree
What medicines are made of trees?
You can click on this link:Which_medicines_come_from_trees
What did the native Americans do with roots?
they made medicines with them
What medicines are made from crude oil?
calpol
