Alright, I was watching a TV show ultimate night and they be showing how pills are made. My question is, where on earth do the chemicals that make the drug come from? Street drugs are flowing. Cocaine comes from the coca plant, heroin from the opium poppy. Some prescriptions are easy also. Penicillian comes from mold. But, where on earth do these new drugs come from? Like the cancer drugs or AIDS drugs or any of the blood pressure or cholesterol drugs? Are in that just millions of chemicals out in attendance and if you mix different combos they do different stuff? Or do most come from plants? If anybody has any links or any insight, please share. And please, no stupid answers.

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Answers:    drugs can come from man made materials or can come from plants. Most successful drugs are derived from plants. It is a huge trial and error process.

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There are lots of different chemical compounds that are combined within laboratories to make drugs. You can see what's included if you shift to drug company websites for specific drugs. These compounds also have a binding agent so that they can be put within pill form.

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