For instance, adderall, from what I’ve seen it looks like the main active ingredient is d-amphetamine and l-amphetamine salts. But I guess what I’m not understanding is HOW is THAT made? I am assuming amphetamine doesn’t naturally occur anywhere, (example. like a plant that’s grown and used to extract whatever out of.) So where are the active ingredients coming from? Or derived from? Do all medication ingredients essentially come from SOMETHING growing naturally the wild?
I’m sorry if this wasn’t asked correctly, basically I understand there’s people or machines in a lab creating and mixing ingredients to MAKE adderall, but where are these ingredients coming from?
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In a lab, you can combine different chemicals or elements to form OTHER chemicals. Like, for example, to make hydrogen peroxide, you need hydrogen and oxygen. You add these together, in a specific way, with the addition of a catalyst, and after some refinement, you get hydrogen peroxide.
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