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Netflix series Painkiller

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granfromafar Sun 20-Aug-23 08:20:27

Has anyone watched this? It's based on true events and is gripping, though horrific to watch. About how a major US pharmaceutical company, Purdue, marketed an opiod painkiller, Oxycondon. It's highly addictive and caused many deaths, but through sheer greed the company made billions. Eventually got sued but amazingly they are still in business. It's riveting to watch.

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Bridie22 Sun 20-Aug-23 08:22:25

Haven't seen this one but watch " Dopesick" which was also based on the same company pushing Oxycontin, very good series.

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MerylStreep Sun 20-Aug-23 08:28:25

Bridie
I think that Dopesick was a far superior representation of this horrendous Scandal.
I started to watch Painkiller but only gave it 30 mins. It doesn’t come close to Dopesick.

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NotSpaghetti Sun 20-Aug-23 08:33:35

It's oxycodone marketed as OxyContin.

It's been in the news for some years I think.

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NotSpaghetti Sun 20-Aug-23 08:34:58

Dopesick was 2021 I think.

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