I know this isn't the TV forum but you must watch Dopesick

[dsc]

it is an eye opening tale of the Oxy Codone. It is way worse than we thought.

1) the whole video that started it all was a total fraud.

2) the pill didn't even work for 12 hours like they told the FDA it did.

Plus it is very well done. Hulu is the network.

[The Blue Flower]

1. I'm watching it

Extremely compelling

[dsc]

5. I think Michael Keaton is very under rated as an actor

He is spell binding in this.

[Skittles]

11. I agree

he is a gem

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

2. Thanks.

Will check it out.

[pandr32]

3. It seems the new blueprint for greedy corporations

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Oxycontin, but yes, it is AMAZING...

[Haggard Celine]

6. I've seen it advertised on Hulu.

Now I'm going to start watching it. I was afraid it would make me sad and pissed off to watch it, and it probably will, but it sounds like something I need to see.

[vsrazdem]

7. It will piss you off. It will make you sad and is depressing, but defintely needed to

open the average person's eyes as to what these greedy bastards did to the country.

[JanMichael]

8. Don't have Hulu so haven't seen it. Goliath Season 4 was also about the same issue.

Fictionalized but the same story of lying pharma bros killing for profit and fun.

[luckone]

9. i have not seen it but did check out the trailer on YT

Greed has side effects

[crimycarny]

10. +1000

I've been watching this and it's riveting. Also a cautionary tale about regulatory agencies like the FDA. FDA overall tries to do the best it can but are miserably understaffed and under-budgeted.

I stopped taking generic drugs years ago when I started reading reports of almost zero FDA oversight of overseas manufactures due to no budget or staffing to do so. FDA was largely relying on overseas generic drug manufacturers to "self-report". Read the book "Bottle of Lies" by investigative journalist Katherine Eban if you want a real eye-opener. Some generics had zero...ZERO...active ingredient. Included in those were immunosuppressant drugs for transplant patients and HIV drugs to combat AIDS.

People's transplants were failing because the drugs they took to combat rejection were generic with little to no active ingredient. Doctors would try to switch to brand name but costs were 10-100x higher. Our whole prescription drug programs need a complete overhaul.

Sorry...that was a bit off-topic there. Dopesick does reveal how you can't put too much faith in our regulatory agencies to do the right thing though. They allowed Perdue to submit the research about Oxycotin being "non-addictive", just as they are allowed drug manufacturers to "self-report" on drug purity. Yeah...that'll work.

[Skittles]

12. I am curious

do they ever address the fact that black folk addicted to crack were considered criminals, whereas the white Oxy addicts were considered victims?

[Tribetime]

13. I had major back surgery and it does not last more than 3 or 4 hours