Vegan medication or not?

I'm a strict vegetarian, virtually vegan. I'm finding it difficult to make decisions about certain drugs as they are derived from animals. Is anyone else having this moral dilemma?

  • My understanding is that no medicines / drugs are vegan friendly in so much that they will have been tested on animals so even if they don't contain any animal derivatives not vegan friendly. I say this as an omnivore past life vegetarian who wouldn't want drugs tested on people even if we're possible.