Netflix’s six-part miniseries “Painkiller” vividly portrays Purdue Pharma’s reckless marketing of OxyContin. But it dismisses the caveat.
acknowledges that the drug is “valuable for treating severe pain caused by cancer or chronic health issues.”by saying it was good for everyday, common pain.”
“Painkiller” does not acknowledge that OxyContin can be beneficial for some peoples’ pain management, Jacob Sullum says.Although Meier’s take on opioids is more nuanced than the one presented by this adaptation of his book, he shares with the screenwriters a desire to pin a complex, long-running social problem on a single villain.
That safeguard, according to labeling approved by the Food and Drug Administration, was “believed” to reduce the drug’s abuse potential. During litigation, Purdue presented data indicating that OxyContin accounted for just 3.3% of pain pills sold in the United States from 2006 through 2012. It is hard to reconcile these numbers with the idea that OxyContin was “the origin of America’s opioid epidemic.”
The authors concluded that “addiction occurs in only a small percentage of persons who are exposed to opioids — even among those with preexisting vulnerabilities.”
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Legendary pro wrestler Hulk Hogan details 'vicious cycle' of painkiller addiction after string of surgeriesTerry Gene Bollea, better known by his stage name Hulk Hogan, opened up about the physical toll wrestling took on his body and his addiction to prescription painkillers.
Read more »
'Painkiller' Ending Explained: What's Real and What's Fictional?'Painkiller' is only the most recent examination of the ongoing opioid crisis.
Read more »
Netflix drama ‘Painkiller’ reinforces pernicious misconceptions about pain treatmentOxyContin is “widely blamed” for “igniting the opioid crisis.” But is it rightly blamed?
Read more »
Newly-dated cave art tells a dark story in Borneo's historyThe newly dated drawings correspond with a dark chapter for the Bidayuh peoples from Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo.
Read more »
Asked About Abortion, Ron DeSantis Tells Bizarre Story About a Fetus in a Pan“I know a lady in Florida named Penny. She survived multiple abortion attempts. She was left discarded in a pan,” DeSantis said at the GOP primary debate.
Read more »