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  2. Aug 10, 2023 · At its center, Painkiller is about the key moments that led to the opioid epidemic—and how they could have been stopped, but weren’t.

  3. Aug 20, 2023 · The Painkiller characters who succumb to the drug are fictional, though they represent real Americans who found themselves facing addiction issues.

  4. Is Painkiller a true story? Go inside the research that inspired the limited series - Netflix Tudum. New Article SEO Description.

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  5. While the drama certainly has a foundation of fact, Painkiller is a fictionalised retelling of events and so many of the specific characters we are introduced to in the series aren't real...

  6. Aug 18, 2023 · Each episode of Netflix’s Painkiller, a six-part drama examining the Sackler family’s complicity in the creation and growth of the opioid epidemic, opens with the bereaved parent of a young...

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  7. Aug 16, 2023 · Star-studded true crime series 'Painkiller' is a true story: Richard Sackler and the Sacklers are real (and rich), although Purdue Pharma is bankrupt.

  8. Aug 11, 2023 · The shocking true story behind Painkiller, the new Netflix series charting the American opioid crisis. The new drama dissects the controversial Sackler family, and the drug that made them...