'Painkiller' fact vs. fiction: What the Netflix show got right about the opioid crisis, OxyContin, a
Starring Matthew Broderick, Uzo Aduba, and Taylor Kitsch, Netflix's buzzy new drama "Painkiller" is a fictionalized retelling of real events namely, the rise of the powerful opioid OxyContin, which was developed and distributed by Purdue Pharma.