Equal parts crime thriller,
medical detective story, and business expos, Pain Killer is a hard-hitting look at how a powerful painkiller touted as the salvation for millions became the prescription for a national tragedy. At its birth the legal narcotic OxyContin was a pharmaceutical industry dream, a 'miracle' drug that heralded a sea change in
medical care and opened the door to vast drug company riches. It quickly unleashed a public health disaster of epic scope, touching off a trail of addiction and death. As tales of deadly overdoses made front-page and network news, doctors, narcotics agents, regulators, and
lawmakers raced in, scrambling to slow the damage. Behind it all stood one of…
Terrific piece of investigative journalism. I could not put the book down. It's also a thoughtful and important statement about the increasingly blurred line between legal and illegal drugs.… I have recently finished this book & I believe every word.Purdue are murderers & they know it!www.oxyabusekills.ca my web site in memory of my son Chad Gregory Gardiner…
