![]() David Haddox coins the now-debunked concept “pseudoaddiction,” which according to Wired, theorizes that addictive behavior is evidence of undertreated pain, and the solution is to prescribe even more opioids. Michael Stuhlbarg as Purdue Pharma president Richard Sackler. The letter cites a single study, which only looked at hospitalized patients, and states, “We conclude that despite widespread use of narcotic drugs in hospitals, the development of addiction is rare in medical patients with no history of addiction.” Jick later told the Associated Press, “I’m essentially mortified that that letter to the editor was used as an excuse to do what these drug companies did.” Hershel Jick, which would later be used by Purdue Pharma to say that “less than one percent of patients treated with opioids became addicted,” per The Atlantic. The New England Journal of Medicine publishes a five-sentence letter to the editor written by Jane Porter and Dr. However, if you don’t know much about the crisis, be warned: There are some spoilers for the show ahead. ![]() To help make sense of it all, below you’ll find a guide to some of the real-life events depicted in the now Emmy-nominated Dopesick. While the show’s thesis is clear-by downplaying the addictive qualities of Ox圜ontin, Purdue Pharma contributed to an epidemic that’s affected millions of Americans-the various storylines means there’s a lot to keep track of. Samuel Finnix (Michael Keaton) and Betsy Mallum (Kaitlyn Dever), a fictional Virginia doctor and his patient. One follows the fictional Bridget Meyer (Rosario Dawson) as a high-ranking Drug Enforcement Agency official trying to take down Purdue Pharma the second follows Virginia prosecutors Rick Mountcastle (Peter Sarsgaard) and Randy Ramseyer (John Hoogenakker) who, in real life, conducted their own investigation into Purdue Pharma the third follows Richard Sackler (Michael Stuhlbarg), the former president and board chairman of Purdue Pharma and the fourth follows Dr. To do so, the series, adapted from the book of the same title by Beth Macy, presents four different timelines. ![]() The Hulu miniseries Dopesicktakes on a Herculean task: Explore and explain the United States’ opioid crisis from the perspective of Purdue Pharma, the company that brought the addictive opioid Ox圜ontin into the marketplace the lawyers and government officials who investigated the company’s misleading branding of the drug and the doctors and patients who bore the brunt of Ox圜ontin’s devastating effects.
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