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Scientists make common pain killers from pine trees instead of crude oil
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poVoq slrpnk.net poVoq@slrpnk.net
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LainTrain lemmy.dbzer0.com LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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That's cool. Can't wait for that vegan carfent recipe 💅

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ignirtoq feddit.online ignirtoq@feddit.online
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I'm significantly allergic to pine. I wonder if this means I would no longer be able to take these medications if industry switched to this method.

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rhythmisaprancer piefed.social rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social
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I'm significantly allergic to pine. I wonder if this means I would no longer be able to take these medications if industry switched to this method.

This has been one of the advantages of petroleum: the ability to make the same or similar product without concerns like this. Latex, for example.

It looks like this specific process has a lot more going on compared to latex but your question is valid and would need to be addressed.

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EchoCranium lemmy.zip EchoCranium@lemmy.zip
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I'm significantly allergic to pine. I wonder if this means I would no longer be able to take these medications if industry switched to this method.

It's very unlikely that you would experience any problems. Drug synthesis such as this involves multiple reaction steps, precipitations, washes, and filtrations to produce the final purified active compound. If they're creating acetaminophen, that final product is going to be pretty much pure acetaminophen with only trace amounts of impurities. Not enough to cause issues.

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Chakravanti monero.town Chakravanti@monero.town
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It's very unlikely that you would experience any problems. Drug synthesis such as this involves multiple reaction steps, precipitations, washes, and filtrations to produce the final purified active compound. If they're creating acetaminophen, that final product is going to be pretty much pure acetaminophen with only trace amounts of impurities. Not enough to cause issues.

Not enough to cause issues.

You don't much understand these kinds of issues.

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novibe lemmy.ml novibe@lemmy.ml
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Crazy how most medicine is made from oil…

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thedeadwalking4242 lemmy.world thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world
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Crazy how most medicine is made from oil…

It's just a great starting point chemical to make lots of things

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novibe lemmy.ml novibe@lemmy.ml
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It's just a great starting point chemical to make lots of things

Literally an entire industry created by the Rockefellers.

Good documentary on this: https://corbettreport.com/rockefeller-medicine-video/

We use oil for medicine because of the oil industry.

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Jim East slrpnk.net wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net
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painkillers

paracetamol and ibuprofen

...Call me when they discover an opium tree.

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