Did you know that the majority of the medications we use today are derived from plants? It's true! I think that is the one thing that surprised me most about prescriptions. When I studied medicinal chemistry in college, we spent months learning how common medications were made. It really helped educate me and understand why they are so expensive too! For instance, I learned about an injection I had taken for many years. One of the ingredients in this injection was extracted from a very uncommon plant found only in one place. Not only was it a long process to extract that chemical from Continue Reading >>