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   Is pain Hustlers based on a true story?

   • As seen in the film's closing seconds, there was a real-life Fentanyl-based drug similar to the one depicted in the film. Pain Hustlers was inspired by journalist Evan Hughes's 2018 New York TimesMagazine coverage (and subsequent nonfiction book) on the Arizona-based pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics.

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   What is Netflix's new movie Pain Hustlers based on?

   • Netflix's new movie is based on a wild tale of greed and the opioid crisis. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Just when you think Hollywood had told the bulk of its stories about the opioid crisis, Netflix releases the new movie Pain Hustlers.

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   What is the genesis of pain Hustlers?

   • Brian Douglas/Netflix The genesis for Pain Hustlers is a New York Times article of the same name from journalist Evan Hughes which featured his reporting into a pharmaceutical company that was convincing doctors to prescribe their new drug – a liquid fentanyl-based painkiller called Subsys – as a form of treatment for cancer patients.

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   What is Netflix's Opioid Crisis miniseries pain Hustlers about?

   • Read more: Netflix's Opioid Crisis Miniseries Painkiller Is Another Frustrating Explainer Drama Pain Hustlers began as a 2018 article for the New York Times Magazine by Evan Hughes, chronicling the travails of Insys, founded by billionaire John Kapoor.

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   Where can I watch pain Hustlers?

   • Pain Hustlers is available to watch now on Netflix. Sign up for Netflix from £4.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream. Check out more of our Film and Drama coverage, or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on.

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   Did pain hustlers use fentanyl in real life?

   • A Pain Hustlers fact check reveals that the real-life medication created by Insys Therapeutics that inspired the movie was called Subsys. It was a sublingual liquid form of fentanyl, meaning that you applied it by spraying it under the tongue. The movie changes the name of the drug to Lonafin.

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   Sep 12, 2023 · The director and author behind Netflix's crime drama on how the movie starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans fictionalized the story of an opioid scandal.

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   Oct 30, 2023 · Is 'Pain Hustlers' based on a true story? As seen in the film's closing seconds, there was a real-life Fentanyl-based drug similar to the one depicted in the film.

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   Oct 27, 2023 · Is Pain Hustlers based on a true story? Yes, but only loosely. The heavily dramatized Netflix movie was inspired by the Insys Therapeutics scandal, which revolved around the company's pain relief spray for cancer that included fentanyl as its highly addictive core ingredient.

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   Oct 31, 2023 · New Netflix movie Pain Hustlers was inspired by the true story of Insys, but who is its founder and CEO John Kapoor and where is he now?

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   Oct 31, 2023 · Yes. A fentanyl-based drug company did face consequences in real life for peddling through "speaker programs." The film was inspired by a 2018 New York Times Magazine article that writer Evan...

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   So, is Pain Hustlers based on a true story, is Lonafen a real drug and is Blunt's character Liza Drake a real person? Read on for everything you need to know.