How are painkillers made??

My friend and I are doing a project for health class and we need to know how painkillers are made! If anyone can find information please post... we appreciate it SO much. Thanks, Molly and Alexis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diclofenac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine

Opioids (narcotics) were first made from the juice of the opium poppy. But many are now manmade in laboratorys

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