Right!? He seems to be a cool dude never heard a bad thing uttered about him (private life is private life of course) but dude seems to be just happy to be around and living his life.
I got hooked in 98. That led to a decade of IV heroin abuse. I’ve been clean for 10 years after a 7 year struggle of actively trying to quit. I’ve lost seven dear friends. 6 in one year. Even a decade later I struggle daily. I never thought the stigma and unaccountability of big pharm would change. They’ve done a great job showing the destruction wrought on all walks of life.
In there with ya brotha.. 3.5 years clean luckily. Old classmates continue to pass every year. Yet we’re supposed to turn around and blindly trust these pharmaceutical companies with this Vaccine that doesn’t even give you more than 4-6 months coverage? Also being approved by the FDA and CDC no longer means anything to me. Have you seen the recent studies by the CDC? They say “hey Vaccine is actually more effective the natural immunity!” Then you read the notes at the bottom showing potential bias with who donated money to these scientists and how certain major variables that should have been easily present in the study we’re not accounted for…
@@Grandmas_Favorite thanks for responding but can we keep this thread related to the opioid epidemic? No judgement, I just really don’t want to get into a vaccine discussion. Thanks
@@mertman1 using dreams are the worst. I still get them. Sometimes I wake up feeling high and worse, sometimes I wake up feeling like I’m going through acute withdrawals.
Michael Keaton was a revelation in this. Glad he won just about every award he was nominated for. I was in active addiction for 8 years. Finally after losing my mom, my brother, and my wife ( we'd been together since high school) leaving me all in the space of 4 weeks, I decided if I was the only one left, there must be a reason and it wasnt to get high. I am on methadone now and it has been a tremendous help in staying sober. I don't drink, don't do any other drugs, I don't even smoke weed. I attend one group therapy session a week. I have 2 college degrees, hold local office, created a community service webpage, amd am a devoted father. I am not trying to brag, just to show that opioid addiction can happen to anyone. You'd never think I'm a "junkie". But the reality is that I am. Watching this show gave me the strength to keep going. I could channel my rage, shame, and pain at this company for what it did to me and millions of Americans. I hope the Sacklers choke on every dollar they made
Thank you for your comment. I’m a husband, father, employee and employer, I participate in my kids school and on the surface you would never think that I’m a junkie. But I am. Currently in recovery. I appreciated your comment so much because the stigma would have people believe that opiate/heroin addicts are pan handling homeless scourge of the Earth. But addiction doesn’t discriminate. And as far reaching as the opioid epidemic is, the reality is that for every “low bottom junkie” on the street; there are 50 people with families and relationships and careers and lives. White knuckling their way through active addiction and ashamed to ask for help or don’t know where to receive it. So I appreciate your comment so much, as I deeply relate to it! Thank you! Losing everything in our lives we hold dear is not a requirement to getting clean or finding that moment of clarity in our own individual “rock bottom”. I wish more addicts like you and I would speak up. I hope you’re well, your comment is a year old. But I really needed to read it today. Stay blessed!
@@UltraGeezer Congrats on your sobriety. Still going strong a year later. And i really think the biggest obstacle to overcome in addiction is the stigma attached to it. it took me so long to even go to a clinic because I didn't want anyone to recognize me. Then I went, and I realized everyone I saw there already knew me because i had bought off them or we bought from the same dealer, or had the same addict friends. I realized that everyone who goes to recovery was in the same boat as me. They just wanted to get better. There should never be shame for that
The sad thing is when I was in nursing school many years ago Our class was told several times that ‘Don’t be afraid to give a patient pain medication per doctors orders. OxyContin wasn’t additive if the patient was truly in pain.’ I had a patient call every Friday to get refills of pain medication. So I called every pharmacy in the area and this same person had prescription at every pharmacy. I notified the doctor at my clinic and he said I don’t want to hear that. I can’t stop prescribing pain medications for this guy because he will sue me. I was the person who had to call the pharmacy in after the doctor told me to. So I quit my job. I couldn’t justify that rationale.
yrs ago there was a woman in my apartment building she was a crackhead an got 400 pills a month sold them for crack now if an old person is in pain they can't get pain pills so i dunno the answer to that seems wrong
@@pl7868 I totally hear you. Those were not my beliefs 20 plus years ago as I quit and they are still not my beliefs. When I was a practicing RN I did offer all my surgery patients pain medication on schedule times. I did not wait for them to ask me nor did I ignore their request. However, if Schedule pain meds were not effective I referred them for pain management consult. A doctor came and looked at all of the variables, spent and hour with patient, offered different pain medications, or additional medication, or time spacing, or therapeutic treatments. I felt good about a team approach to pain management. Then each nurse that followed had an idea of how to help. This is in a hospital setting though. However, there are pain management nurse practitioners or doctors that are fabulous and your primary doctor can refer you or someone you know to a pain management specialist.
I am so glad that they made this film, I was prescribed oxy when I was 21 for a neck injury I was addicted, now I am clean and a Peer Coach to help others for their addiction.
@Jack Smith lol i havent done any drugs😂 if you dont count alcohol. Pretty Quick to call me a junkie😅 must have struck a nerve… no one is gonna take away your pain medicine if you are in need of it But Im guessing you aren’t and are just projecting your insecurities, so i hope you get help :)
Well done, you. I've been in Oxycondon since 2020 due to a follow-up to major surgery and 24 months after. Currently, 17 months after my surgery, today I decided I want off this horrid drug! Told not to just stop, and think about what other type of pain meds would suit me due to my cEDS and Comorbidites! I'm at a loss! I want off all medication forever!
That’s amazing 🙌🏻😊. My cousin started on Oxy years ago from a bad car accident. She ended up turning to heroin. She’s in her mid 30s now. Been struggling for years in and out of rehab. Has a toddler and the state took her but I’m praying this time around she gets clean for good. Such a horrible journey 😔
After chipping a vertebrae, they gave me oxy for 6 weeks. Stopping it was a bitch. Felt like I had the flu for 2 weeks. Can't imagine what stopping is like when you're actually addicted.
I’m afraid to tell but you already suffered a kind of short term addiction and the process of getting away / sober - bc 6 weeks is more than enough for the body to get used to it. Only plus for someone like u is that you see it in another light when u stop and not from the addiction perspective, which makes the whole thing unnecessarily harder Anyway I’m glad for you 👍
The pharmacist at the hospital I work at gave me the advice to always cut pain pills in half and to start with that. Never take the other half unless you absolutely have to.
You may no be an addict @Diego Martinez, however, YOU WERE PHYSICALLY ADDICTED!! Your body beed and scremed for more everyday of your 2 week withdrawl!! Addict or not you had the unfortunate experience of being dopesick. Id rather have teflu anyday vs being dopesick. Its THE SICKEST SICK in the world.
Ya especially the scene after he gets in the car accident and next scene he's doctor shopping which made me believe he was doing "research" and then BAM he's taking 400MG a day, that part was crazy to me.
@@JWitt30 SPOILERS - yes. When he goes to the dealers house and the guy tells him to snort it - crazy. Also when he is trying to get himself clean and he punches through his glass cabinet. He’s spectacular haha
spoilers. I did have to laugh when he started at the methadone clinic and the nurse started him at 3omg and it was half a dixie cup. I'm on 40 and it barely fills the bottom of the cup. But it DOES work. But the most powerful line was during that deposition and he says, "I can't believe how many of them are dead." That line destroyed me as I thought of how many people I know, and how many people in my small town in Massachusetts alone have died over the last 10 years. It's gotten to the point that when someone dies under the age of 45, the first assumption everyone makes is that it must be an overdose. An what's sadder is how often they are right
How about more power to all of us, instead of centralized figures? That way we all may have a chance to battle demagogues, warmongers or drug pushers alike.
Super guy. I get a sneaky feeling he's a regular Joe kinda guy like Bill Murray. Like his limo broke down in front of your house one day and 45mins later he's helping your Mom dry dishes and everybody is sad because his cab just arrived.
The philosophy in healthcare was "you should never be in pain" during the 90s and 00s. I had aseptic necrosis of the hip joint, the ball joint at the top of my femur died, and began to break into pieces. I had progressively more pain, and a bad limp. My orthopedic surgeons thought it was a bad disk, and wanted to operate. But back surgery outcomes are often iffy, so I said no. When the damage was too obvious to miss, after 8 years of increasing difficulty walking, I finally had a hip replacement. (I have to admit that I have a higher than normal pain threshold. I walked and stood at work, rarely taking a break, year after year) While in the hospital, they set me up with a morphine pump while telling me that "You should never feel pain". So I dosed myself , but I was so doped up that I couldn't do my deep breathing exercises, I couldn't think clearly. I was more helpless being pain free than I wanted to be. I stopped using the pump. I told my nurses that "pain is instructive, it lets you know what you can and can't do." They were puzzled. Around me, in other rooms I could hear the sounds of others asking for help, people who'd had the same or similar surgeries, who were debilitated in a way that I no longer was. All of us went home with opiate prescriptions. I'm sure that some of them asked for refill after refill, and I'm sure they got them. Some may have become addicted, all because the medical profession decided that we shouldn't experience pain. Where was that philosophy decided? In pharmaceutical companies. They promoted it, they profited from it, and everyone believed in it.
That was actually created by lobbyists for Perdue. A doctor working for Perdue coined the phrase pain is the 5th vital sign. Not surprising given America gives low dose amphetamines to children.
@@araisikewai thats a dishonor to bond villains those guys had charm and class. These people would win the most evil invention award in that snl sketch with the rock.
Most of the more severe illnesses happen to people by surprise, unexpectantly, impacting first in the brain, then in the corresponding organ which that part of the brain controls. The end of WWI had absolutely everything to do with the Flu and lung TB outbreak that occurred killing millions. In nature, the biological conflict linked with a territorial fear (just what it means-a fear in your territory, your home, your community, etc.) is a widening of the bronchia (tissue loss). Your body attempts to widen your bronchia in order to allow more air into your lungs to give you more strength and energy to fight to keep your territory safe. Stay with me.......The biological conflict linked with a death fright impacts the lungs. The lungs attempt to grow larger in order to allow more air in because breath equals life, as we all know. No breath equals death. While you are in the fear or death fright conflict, you notice no symptoms of “disease”, except you have cold hands, cold feet, you can’t sleep, you awaken at 3 AM every night, you have little appetite. During the war, millions of people were in fear of the bombing of their homes and cities where the war was most active. Fearing for their lives, their loved ones in the war, their ability to survive. The food in the stores was sparse due to shortages. This lasted for 4 long years! The longer the conflict, the worse the healing phase. Within 2 weeks of the German Chancellor announcing the end of WWI, these millions of people ALL went into the healing phase all at the same time. It is during the healing phase that you experience symptoms of illness! What is the healing phase of the bronchia widening? Severe bronchitis, pneumonia. The body attempts to refill this lost tissue and you experience inflammation, fever, coughing, body aches, fatigue, etc. What is the healing phase of the extra lung tissue that grew? Decomposing of the tissue by TB bacteria and fungi. The symptoms of this healing phase are: severe coughing up of blood and tissue, fever, inflammation, severe mucous, body aches, fatigue. During this decomposing of the extra tissue (tumor), the body expels a lot of protein, and without replenishment, severe protein loss can result in death. Antibiotics did not exist yet. If TB bacteria does not exist in a person or they have been vaccinated against TB (big mistake), then the tumor will simply encapsulate and become dormant and not harm you. Who died during the Spanish Flu? Mainly the poor who could not afford to buy meat and proper nourishment, and the people who were directly impacted by the bombings and destruction of their homes. Millions of people suffered fear and death frights during the fighting of WWI, and millions of people all went into healing at the end of it. Not everyone was affected because not everyone suffered the same way. It’s not a “flu”, it’s not something you “catch”. It’s biological, meaningful, and unavoidable. One hundred years later, a Fear Campaign begins, using the media to spread it......
There is no true justice in this case when you consider how many lives were permanently destroyed. But I think making the Sacklers pay for the medical rehab and after-care for everyone who got prescriptions for their drugs and became addicted...would be the right first step.
And the damages were spread over a decade or more, so the Sackers will be even richer by the time the damage is paid. Makes the Gilded Age look like the Great Depression
Love Michael Keaton and loved him in Clean and Sober. He played a great 80's real estate selling coke addict hustler and many other great roles throughout the years. It always amazes me with mega wealthy people is that enough is never enough. They already are very wealthy and yet these narcissist/sociopaths have no problem destroying as many lives as necessary in there never ending quest for profits.
Absolutely incredible show with villains and heroes with real life motivations and an almost unbelievable story. The performances were on point to keep the tension going. This and Death Doctor crushed it this year.
Great job Michael! Spreading the word. No one wants to tackle these topics on a "fun" show, but denying part of our reality as a nation of people condemns us to make the same mistakes again. These issues have to be brought to the light, so we can learn to prevent them in the future.
I saw how easily these meds were being handed out...and that was alarming to me. Another red flag was when a psychiatrist told a relative that the meds were NOT addictive. Mmmmm...it doesn't take a genius to figure out the body will become dependent and crave it after much exposure. Nothing is good in large quantities.
I was addicted to opioids for 14 years! It was HELL!! I have been clean now since September 2016, and I never felt BETTER! It is a WHOLE ANOTHER LIFE when you are a addict!! You ONLY care about 1 thing, getting high and getting the money to do it!! I lost EVERYTHING!! LITERALLY! And even though I have been clean now for over 5yrs. I still don't have my family back in my life or anything! But that is my fault for being a addict, they want nothing to do with me! But I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR HELPING ME GET AWAY FROM THAT LIFE!! AND I PRAY FOR THE ADDICTS THAT ARE IN THIS WORLD, YOU ARE STRONG AND YOU CAN DO IT!! ASK GOD FOR HELP, AND HE WILL BE THERE, I PROMISE!! I COULDN'T SEE LIFE WITHOUT PILLS, OR DRUGS-NOW I AM AMAZED AT HOW BEAUTIFUL LIFE IS SOBER!! GOD BLESS!
Upon watching Michael Keaton on this show, it was a rerun during first week of January 2022, I signed up to Hulu (w/ads), just to watch the mini series, it was well worth it, I binge watched all 8 episodes. Michael Keaton is a great actor, he always puts his touch to his lines; makes the character more believable.👌
"Did Purdue know it was addictive?" I was in a surgical residency program when attendings began instructing us to prescribe Oxycontin. I avoided doing so whenever and wherever possible (and never prescribed it after graduating from residency), because OF COURSE a narcotic (derivative) is addictive! The only exception I'm aware of is dextromethorphan, because it is a mirror image of a full on narcotic, and that three dimentional difference makes all the difference.
I have a friend who’s boyfriend had knee replacement and had to spend a couple of weeks in a rehab facility that was highly recommended. Instead of getting him out of bed after a few days and doing PT, they kept giving him oxy and my friend said they gave it to him “like candy”. Hearing these guys say that is CHILLING.
This series was eye opening- Keaton was amazing! Its so sad how many innocent lives were and are affected by corrupt pharma out of greed. My prayers are with you all.
I almost forgot about Clean and Sober. Great movie. I drank in my 20s but I stopped in my 30s cuz it just made me feel crappy. I’m addicted to coffee/caffeine, but I feel for those who get addicted to the harder stuff.
Michael Keaton is his stage name, his actual name is Michael Douglas; but Michael Douglas was already known from his superstar father Kirk Doulas so he changed it. He shared that on The Colbert Report.
My baby brother died from an overdose 6 months ago and I'm still devastated! It all started with oxycontin when he was 15. He was 33 when he died. I hate those lying bas%@#&$ that said it wasn't addictive. They made it to BE addictive! I love you and miss you everyday unclebaby! (That's what my older than him, children called him) 💔
I was thinking a lot about MK’s performance in Clean & Sober while watching Dopesick. I’m glad he brought it up. Such amazing acting in both! He can do no wrong, seriously the GOAT!
Hehe, yeah, considering a mask that was worn for some time can be infectious, which Stephen probably knows, Michael handing him that mask was the opposite of hygienic, almost gross, but Stephen reacted like a true showman 😁.
This show is almost better than Chernobyl! Finished it all and will be watching it a few more times. Truly incredible how evil these people were and he ignorant every level of government has become.
“We have a clip here of you giving testimony” aww it would’ve been so freaking funny if they had pulled out the clip of Keaton playing Richard Sackler on Last Week Tonight 🤣🤣 “Did Purdue know it was addictive” well from John Oliver’s pieces the marketing team said that their sales would be so amazing OxyContin would sweep the nation like a blizzard. So take from that what you will
Outstanding series, and really important. Definitely seriously upsetting and depressing, but so important and enlightening. I have had doctors push opioids at me after surgery and I turn that stuff down now. Not worth the risk and gives me horrible nightmares too. so glad this series is raising awareness and giving people some measure of justice outside of the courtroom!
Please share, what illness or surgery you had where opioids were pushed on you? The series only conflates legitimate medication with the tragic results of illicit heroine use. It demonizes medication that many of us need. It is neither truthful nor enlightening. It is fear mongering by those want to see all legit pain meds banned because the majority of addicts blame prescription medications for their heroine use.
Michael Keaton and Everyone involved in this terrific series was outstanding. Thank you Michael for this increíble series and for anyone interested I Highly recommend the book by Beth Macy.
OxyContin destroyed my father, and literally made him lose his mind. He had severe back pain and his doctors gave him excessive amounts of OxyContin and he was still in pain but went from being the most stable, intelligent person in the world to hallucinating and constantly talking about suicide.
In all this hype no one remembers those people in severe chronic pain who now fall through the cracks who now get treated like drug addicts until they're so depressed some even commit suicide. Yes, they used to give Oxycontin out like candy, now they don't give it to anybody, even those like Michael Keaton who are fortunate enough to have the right gene or don't have an addictive personality and who all use it responsibly and as prescribed. As my mom used to say, "don't through the baby out with the bath water" (I guess I was lucky she remembered that when I was a baby LOL)
This is SOOO TRUE. I have extreme back pain and was weaned down to Tramadol from Oxy, then Vicadin. I hurt so badly that I wait until noon to take it, since I take the daily recommended dose all at once. It's ridiculous.
Really good story.... I'm on episode 5 I started watching it because of you being in it Mr. Keaton... really good cast... !! the FDA isn't sitting pretty in all this
I was involved in a drug trial of OxyContin back when it first came out and I still have the paperwork somewhere where they suggested I’d have to take it for life, not because it was addictive but I’d need it to help with pain. I am one of the fortunate ones who have never had to increase the dosage , my pain is treated on a rather small dose. Am I addicted…sure am, even being an hour late taking that little pink pill the withdrawal starts. 😥
Most of the more severe illnesses happen to people by surprise, unexpectantly, impacting first in the brain, then in the corresponding organ which that part of the brain controls. The end of WWI had absolutely everything to do with the Flu and lung TB outbreak that occurred killing millions. In nature, the biological conflict linked with a territorial fear (just what it means-a fear in your territory, your home, your community, etc.) is a widening of the bronchia (tissue loss). Your body attempts to widen your bronchia in order to allow more air into your lungs to give you more strength and energy to fight to keep your territory safe. Stay with me.......The biological conflict linked with a death fright impacts the lungs. The lungs attempt to grow larger in order to allow more air in because breath equals life, as we all know. No breath equals death. While you are in the fear or death fright conflict, you notice no symptoms of “disease”, except you have cold hands, cold feet, you can’t sleep, you awaken at 3 AM every night, you have little appetite. During the war, millions of people were in fear of the bombing of their homes and cities where the war was most active. Fearing for their lives, their loved ones in the war, their ability to survive. The food in the stores was sparse due to shortages. This lasted for 4 long years! The longer the conflict, the worse the healing phase. Within 2 weeks of the German Chancellor announcing the end of WWI, these millions of people ALL went into the healing phase all at the same time. It is during the healing phase that you experience symptoms of illness! What is the healing phase of the bronchia widening? Severe bronchitis, pneumonia. The body attempts to refill this lost tissue and you experience inflammation, fever, coughing, body aches, fatigue, etc. What is the healing phase of the extra lung tissue that grew? Decomposing of the tissue by TB bacteria and fungi. The symptoms of this healing phase are: severe coughing up of blood and tissue, fever, inflammation, severe mucous, body aches, fatigue. During this decomposing of the extra tissue (tumor), the body expels a lot of protein, and without replenishment, severe protein loss can result in death. Antibiotics did not exist yet. If TB bacteria does not exist in a person or they have been vaccinated against TB (big mistake), then the tumor will simply encapsulate and become dormant and not harm you. Who died during the Spanish Flu? Mainly the poor who could not afford to buy meat and proper nourishment, and the people who were directly impacted by the bombings and destruction of their homes. Millions of people suffered fear and death frights during the fighting of WWI, and millions of people all went into healing at the end of it. Not everyone was affected because not everyone suffered the same way. It’s not a “flu”, it’s not something you “catch”. It’s biological, meaningful, and unavoidable. One hundred years later, a Fear Campaign begins, using the media to spread it......
Yes! They can be terribly addictive, but they also work. I was once, maybe about ten years ago, prescribed hydrocodone *over the phone* along with antibiotics when I got an abscess and my jaw swelled up on a Friday night. On the one hand, I was grateful because I was in genuine pain. On the other hand I was slightly mortified that it had been that easy
@@tinuviel42 they definitely work. That’s what I mean about balance. I’m 46 with a really painful broken arm but they won’t give anything- then some doctors will hand them out like candy to a 10 year old lol
@@tinoj9661 Well they were playing dumb, so it makes sense to present them as such. But yeah, Keaton makes them look like pure evil, which is a little closer to the truth, although Cranston made them seem like they just don't care and time is being wasted as they will get away with it, which is probably the closest and Willaims being very gangster like, serious but basically pleading the fifth
This show was a fantastic insight into the opioid crisis. As a health care professional I recommend all of them to watch it. In school they don't do enough to point out the issues, they leave it to the rules of your institution, your law class, or facility and that's not enough.
I just finished watching Dopesick on Hulu. It is a series about the horrors of addiction and the evil that the flames of greed can burn into lives of anyone downwind of its consequences.
Anyone besides me get the feeling Michael is humbly brilliant? The way he speaks it's as if there's info coursing through his mind so quickly, he can't finish a sentence because there's too much to convey!
…or he just can’t talk. Brilliant ppl can probably parse the info and speak at the same time. I found this interview incredibly frustrating for the same reason you found Mr Keaton so amazing,lol.
Yep, all the tendrils be: Manufacturers The Sacklers, enough said Distributors Sales bonuses Hospital systems Pain management as a new revenue source Doctors Kickbacks Rehab systems The "help" loop Law Enforcement Big budget Task forces Justice system So many fees Prison system Endless source of inmates Parole system Endless source of parolees Attorneys Endless source of clients, defendants and victims Politicans The empty "clean up" campaign promises hustle I remember a story from Florida where a government official was pleading people to stop sending their loved ones to rehab there because they were more likely to end up dead rather than free from addiction. There's no vice or weakness someone won't exploit in the name of capitalism.
After I got injured in Afghanistan I was prescribed OxyContin and it made me violently sick to my stomach. So they switched me to the controlled release OxyContin which is much safer and more tolerable for me. Just because people abused these drugs or got addicted to them, it doesn’t negate the fact that there are people (myself included) who suffer from constant pain and are legitimately prescribed these medications by pain management physicians.
Yeah, it really sucks that they are abused so much, I'll be on them for life for my pain, already has been 17 years. Worst week of my life is when they took me off them, didn't sleep for 8 nights(in a hospital bed with no tv, nothing to do but try to sleep), finally did on the 9th after they finally switched me to hydros.
I met Mr Keaton in Bozeman, his trenchcoat and liking for spoken proper English always stuck with me. He is, more now than ever, an actor, person, hero, yes he's danced with the devil in the pale moon light. Yes he does agree with proper pronunciation. He is, indeed yes he is my favorite real life person. I hope to see him again, I do expect he will not be in the same place wearing the same trenchcoat. I will recognize his appreciation for well spoken words, and a politeness associated with a photograph of Mike Pences back tattoo.
I used to smoke pot and use cocaine with regularity up until I turned 40 years old years ago. Very lucky. I was on valium in the early 90s but gave it up. Never like pills because once you pop that pill there is no going back. You can always not do that next line, or have that next drink but once you take that pill, you're all in. Thank you Mr. Keaton for making this piece for America.
This show was triggering & painful to watch, as a chronic pain patient who was given this drug, but completely accurate & so important to put out. I was on percocet for extensive 24/7 pain issues, & my doc, after the young drug reps came & sold him on Oxy, forced me to switch to it if I wanted to be on something daily to "avoid addiction". Every explanation, chart, drawing, you see in this show, all manipulative & false info, was given to me by my doc even AFTER I complained several times that something was not right w/this drug. I went to him in tears saying I'm withdrawing from it within 3 hrs of taking it & feeling in no pain but forced to take another one to keep from getting sick. His answer, & if you watched the show u know, was then I wasn't on a high enough dose, so he kept increasing it. When I begged him to taper me off & go back on percocet, I was accused of trying to "get high". He finally said I'll put you on a different med that's also a constant release with no highs or lows, but won't put you back on pills. He put me on Fentanyl patches. Yes, really. Short story, I lost years of my life, ended up with a tolerance so high that when I finally got a doc who would prescribe pills my use became out of control because they did nothing anymore. I was popping them like candy, & my new doctor, who was bad news also, was knowingly overdosing patients & breaking the law to the point he was sentenced to several years in prison. I felt so let down & betrayed, but I decided I would not blame any doctor or pharmaceutical co for my experience, took control & got clean. Have been sober 8 years now, still in 24/7 pain, but even after 8 years straight of doing everything right & becoming a good, responsible person, my daughters won't forgive me for not being there how they needed when young & don't want relationships. I thought things would improve if I took responsibility & got my life straight, but because of my chronic health issues & disabilities, those relationship possibilities were the only thing giving me hope to go on & change. And no one owes me a relationship or friendship, and I might not deserve to be forgiven, but everything I could possibly do, which I did, was all that I could do. Now, 8 years sober, I find myself wishing I had been one of the lucky ones who died from it when my doctor was literally overdosing me. I'm so heartbroken & depressed & more suicidal than I've ever been. I take responsibility for my own actions & life, but don't assume that those of us who survived this company's evil & got clean are doing okay either. They destroyed families, & none of them are paying for it.
Besides some major docus I highly recommend the clips/segments from Sam Bees show and obviously John Oliver’s last week tonight to this topic and crisis. For those of you don’t know or haven’t it seen ;)
It's also about Lubec Maine that lost 1/2 of an entire graduating class of kids due to Oxytocin's. And the aftermath of the families left not only their dead children but the one's not yet dead but whom might be called the walking dead, the grief of the families and community who held hopes for the future of our young people that are currently lost down the oxytocin's rabbit hole. It's not like a car accident taking our an individual it's the car continuing to take out untold numbers of others.
@Michael Keaton are you aware of the verdict today against l CVS Walgreens. And If you're really Michael Keaton. What is the proper name of a child's blanket
Reading the comments from Aus & I am quite shocked by how many people in the US are directly affected by the Opiod crisis. We had some level of Opiod abuse when OxyContin was approved here, but NOTHING like as bad as in USA. The behavior of Purdue Pharma was reprehensible & they need to face criminal prosecution.
we all know someone who has been touched by this epidemic. I know a few. some lived to tell their story; others had their lives cut short by this insidious disease. I wish the Sackler family would face real criminal penalties for this. they are cartels.
My daughter's mom was prescribed 180 oxy while pregnant with my daughter. Her doctor knew she was pregnant. My daughter was born 3lbs 3oz. She was going through withdraws,needed therapy till she was 3,is developmentally delayed,autistic and has intestine problems. She is 8 and purdue pharma case and the shackler family want to claim bankruptcy and my daughter would barely get anything. It's sickening they can wash their hands and have no guilt from all of this. While my daughter will suffer and need help the rest of her life.
We can NEVER have enough Michael Keaton.
Yeah, I wish they would have let him finish that last thought...
Legit mans acting so good I was worried about him being on drugs.
He is such a great man.
Never been so amazed by his acting before this show
Right!? He seems to be a cool dude never heard a bad thing uttered about him (private life is private life of course) but dude seems to be just happy to be around and living his life.
I got hooked in 98. That led to a decade of IV heroin abuse. I’ve been clean for 10 years after a 7 year struggle of actively trying to quit. I’ve lost seven dear friends. 6 in one year. Even a decade later I struggle daily. I never thought the stigma and unaccountability of big pharm would change. They’ve done a great job showing the destruction wrought on all walks of life.
In there with ya brotha.. 3.5 years clean luckily. Old classmates continue to pass every year. Yet we’re supposed to turn around and blindly trust these pharmaceutical companies with this Vaccine that doesn’t even give you more than 4-6 months coverage? Also being approved by the FDA and CDC no longer means anything to me.
Have you seen the recent studies by the CDC? They say “hey Vaccine is actually more effective the natural immunity!” Then you read the notes at the bottom showing potential bias with who donated money to these scientists and how certain major variables that should have been easily present in the study we’re not accounted for…
Keep strong. I hope to be there some day. Different vice but would be nice to have clear drug free thoughts.
@@Grandmas_Favorite thanks for responding but can we keep this thread related to the opioid epidemic? No judgement, I just really don’t want to get into a vaccine discussion. Thanks
@@mertman1 using dreams are the worst. I still get them. Sometimes I wake up feeling high and worse, sometimes I wake up feeling like I’m going through acute withdrawals.
You are amazing. Well done you!!!!
Michael Keaton was a revelation in this. Glad he won just about every award he was nominated for. I was in active addiction for 8 years. Finally after losing my mom, my brother, and my wife ( we'd been together since high school) leaving me all in the space of 4 weeks, I decided if I was the only one left, there must be a reason and it wasnt to get high. I am on methadone now and it has been a tremendous help in staying sober. I don't drink, don't do any other drugs, I don't even smoke weed. I attend one group therapy session a week. I have 2 college degrees, hold local office, created a community service webpage, amd am a devoted father. I am not trying to brag, just to show that opioid addiction can happen to anyone. You'd never think I'm a "junkie". But the reality is that I am. Watching this show gave me the strength to keep going. I could channel my rage, shame, and pain at this company for what it did to me and millions of Americans. I hope the Sacklers choke on every dollar they made
Thank you for your comment. I’m a husband, father, employee and employer, I participate in my kids school and on the surface you would never think that I’m a junkie. But I am. Currently in recovery. I appreciated your comment so much because the stigma would have people believe that opiate/heroin addicts are pan handling homeless scourge of the Earth. But addiction doesn’t discriminate. And as far reaching as the opioid epidemic is, the reality is that for every “low bottom junkie” on the street; there are 50 people with families and relationships and careers and lives. White knuckling their way through active addiction and ashamed to ask for help or don’t know where to receive it. So I appreciate your comment so much, as I deeply relate to it! Thank you! Losing everything in our lives we hold dear is not a requirement to getting clean or finding that moment of clarity in our own individual “rock bottom”. I wish more addicts like you and I would speak up. I hope you’re well, your comment is a year old. But I really needed to read it today. Stay blessed!
@@UltraGeezer Congrats on your sobriety. Still going strong a year later. And i really think the biggest obstacle to overcome in addiction is the stigma attached to it. it took me so long to even go to a clinic because I didn't want anyone to recognize me. Then I went, and I realized everyone I saw there already knew me because i had bought off them or we bought from the same dealer, or had the same addict friends. I realized that everyone who goes to recovery was in the same boat as me. They just wanted to get better. There should never be shame for that
The sad thing is when I was in nursing school many years ago Our class was told several times that ‘Don’t be afraid to give a patient pain medication per doctors orders. OxyContin wasn’t additive if the patient was truly in pain.’ I had a patient call every Friday to get refills of pain medication. So I called every pharmacy in the area and this same person had prescription at every pharmacy. I notified the doctor at my clinic and he said I don’t want to hear that. I can’t stop prescribing pain medications for this guy because he will sue me. I was the person who had to call the pharmacy in after the doctor told me to. So I quit my job. I couldn’t justify that rationale.
You are principled and the world could use more people who refuse to do a job they think is hurting someone else
I'm impressed. There are few like you. I couldn't do it either.
"It's only addictive if the pain is fake or not serious" is ridiculous
yrs ago there was a woman in my apartment building she was a crackhead an got 400 pills a month sold them for crack now if an old person is in pain they can't get pain pills so i dunno the answer to that seems wrong
@@pl7868 I totally hear you. Those were not my beliefs 20 plus years ago as I quit and they are still not my beliefs. When I was a practicing RN I did offer all my surgery patients pain medication on schedule times. I did not wait for them to ask me nor did I ignore their request. However, if Schedule pain meds were not effective I referred them for pain management consult. A doctor came and looked at all of the variables, spent and hour with patient, offered different pain medications, or additional medication, or time spacing, or therapeutic treatments. I felt good about a team approach to pain management. Then each nurse that followed had an idea of how to help. This is in a hospital setting though. However, there are pain management nurse practitioners or doctors that are fabulous and your primary doctor can refer you or someone you know to a pain management specialist.
I am so glad that they made this film, I was prescribed oxy when I was 21 for a neck injury I was addicted, now I am clean and a Peer Coach to help others for their addiction.
You should be very proud of yourself 😊 absolutely horrible addiction. My cousin has battled for years. Oxy from a car accident then heroin.
film?
@Jack Smith looks like someone bought in to the sacklers campaign of hammering the abusers smh :/
@Jack Smith lol i havent done any drugs😂 if you dont count alcohol. Pretty Quick to call me a junkie😅 must have struck a nerve… no one is gonna take away your pain medicine if you are in need of it But Im guessing you aren’t and are just projecting your insecurities, so i hope you get help :)
Well done, you. I've been in Oxycondon since 2020 due to a follow-up to major surgery and 24 months after. Currently, 17 months after my surgery, today I decided I want off this horrid drug! Told not to just stop, and think about what other type of pain meds would suit me due to my cEDS and Comorbidites! I'm at a loss! I want off all medication forever!
This is an incredible series! As someone who became addicted to opioids after having extensive dental work- that’s a place I NEVER want to go back to.
Congrats to getting off them
Why take legal drugs when you can smoke weed?
That’s amazing 🙌🏻😊. My cousin started on Oxy years ago from a bad car accident. She ended up turning to heroin. She’s in her mid 30s now. Been struggling for years in and out of rehab. Has a toddler and the state took her but I’m praying this time around she gets clean for good. Such a horrible journey 😔
Good luck to you Stephanie and congrats on your road to recovery. Everyday is a gift
@@jennifer8929 thats rough. best look to your family
After chipping a vertebrae, they gave me oxy for 6 weeks. Stopping it was a bitch. Felt like I had the flu for 2 weeks. Can't imagine what stopping is like when you're actually addicted.
I’m afraid to tell but you already suffered a kind of short term addiction and the process of getting away / sober - bc 6 weeks is more than enough for the body to get used to it. Only plus for someone like u is that you see it in another light when u stop and not from the addiction perspective, which makes the whole thing unnecessarily harder
Anyway I’m glad for you 👍
I had a similar experience with Vicodin after disc herniations. I agree with what you said.
The pharmacist at the hospital I work at gave me the advice to always cut pain pills in half and to start with that. Never take the other half unless you absolutely have to.
You may no be an addict @Diego Martinez, however, YOU WERE PHYSICALLY ADDICTED!! Your body beed and scremed for more everyday of your 2 week withdrawl!! Addict or not you had the unfortunate experience of being dopesick. Id rather have teflu anyday vs being dopesick. Its THE SICKEST SICK in the world.
HELL
Just finished bingeing it....can t stop crying..."it s really good" is such an understatement, Mr.Keaton.
Acting across the board is superb.
Michael Keaton is so good in this series. There are scenes throughout that hit you like a truck.
Ya especially the scene after he gets in the car accident and next scene he's doctor shopping which made me believe he was doing "research" and then BAM he's taking 400MG a day, that part was crazy to me.
@@JWitt30 SPOILERS - yes. When he goes to the dealers house and the guy tells him to snort it - crazy. Also when he is trying to get himself clean and he punches through his glass cabinet. He’s spectacular haha
spoilers. I did have to laugh when he started at the methadone clinic and the nurse started him at 3omg and it was half a dixie cup. I'm on 40 and it barely fills the bottom of the cup. But it DOES work. But the most powerful line was during that deposition and he says, "I can't believe how many of them are dead." That line destroyed me as I thought of how many people I know, and how many people in my small town in Massachusetts alone have died over the last 10 years. It's gotten to the point that when someone dies under the age of 45, the first assumption everyone makes is that it must be an overdose. An what's sadder is how often they are right
My Mum died from the opioid crisis. I am so thankful for Michael Keaton and this show. More power to you.
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I'm sorry... Hope justice is served and you find some peace
How about more power to all of us, instead of centralized figures? That way we all may have a chance to battle demagogues, warmongers or drug pushers alike.
@@kinngrimm and fishmongers
@@thedako2313aren't those the worst ^^
Michael's "Clean & Sober" performance is brilliant. I've loved him for years, and I'm so happy he's endured.
Super guy. I get a sneaky feeling he's a regular Joe kinda guy like Bill Murray. Like his limo broke down in front of your house one day and 45mins later he's helping your Mom dry dishes and everybody is sad because his cab just arrived.
Memorable film. Agreed, one of his best performances that I’ve seen. Good supporting work from Morgan Freeman as always (and Kathy Bates IIRC)
I just watched Clean & Sober the other day on HBOMax too before watching this show, and wow.. Michael played that soooo damn well.
That's what it's called! God I loved that movie! Fuckin A B and C too! ❤️
The philosophy in healthcare was "you should never be in pain" during the 90s and 00s. I had aseptic necrosis of the hip joint, the ball joint at the top of my femur died, and began to break into pieces. I had progressively more pain, and a bad limp. My orthopedic surgeons thought it was a bad disk, and wanted to operate. But back surgery outcomes are often iffy, so I said no. When the damage was too obvious to miss, after 8 years of increasing difficulty walking, I finally had a hip replacement. (I have to admit that I have a higher than normal pain threshold. I walked and stood at work, rarely taking a break, year after year)
While in the hospital, they set me up with a morphine pump while telling me that "You should never feel pain". So I dosed myself , but I was so doped up that I couldn't do my deep breathing exercises, I couldn't think clearly. I was more helpless being pain free than I wanted to be. I stopped using the pump. I told my nurses that "pain is instructive, it lets you know what you can and can't do." They were puzzled. Around me, in other rooms I could hear the sounds of others asking for help, people who'd had the same or similar surgeries, who were debilitated in a way that I no longer was.
All of us went home with opiate prescriptions. I'm sure that some of them asked for refill after refill, and I'm sure they got them. Some may have become addicted, all because the medical profession decided that we shouldn't experience pain. Where was that philosophy decided? In pharmaceutical companies. They promoted it, they profited from it, and everyone believed in it.
That was actually created by lobbyists for Perdue. A doctor working for Perdue coined the phrase pain is the 5th vital sign. Not surprising given America gives low dose amphetamines to children.
2:03 😥 Whew! Michael Keaton is one the most phenomenal actors of all times! I Bow to his Greatness and Brilliance as an Actor😊
You know he's basically 3 sheets to the wind during this interview, right?
More villainous than any villain Batman ever faced! 😠
Actual Bond villain IRL.
@@araisikewai thats a dishonor to bond villains those guys had charm and class. These people would win the most evil invention award in that snl sketch with the rock.
Most of the more severe illnesses happen to people by surprise, unexpectantly, impacting first in the brain, then in the corresponding organ which that part of the brain controls. The end of WWI had absolutely everything to do with the Flu and lung TB outbreak that occurred killing millions. In nature, the biological conflict linked with a territorial fear (just what it means-a fear in your territory, your home, your community, etc.) is a widening of the bronchia (tissue loss). Your body attempts to widen your bronchia in order to allow more air into your lungs to give you more strength and energy to fight to keep your territory safe. Stay with me.......The biological conflict linked with a death fright impacts the lungs. The lungs attempt to grow larger in order to allow more air in because breath equals life, as we all know. No breath equals death.
While you are in the fear or death fright conflict, you notice no symptoms of “disease”, except you have cold hands, cold feet, you can’t sleep, you awaken at 3 AM every night, you have little appetite. During the war, millions of people were in fear of the bombing of their homes and cities where the war was most active. Fearing for their lives, their loved ones in the war, their ability to survive. The food in the stores was sparse due to shortages. This lasted for 4 long years! The longer the conflict, the worse the healing phase. Within 2 weeks of the German Chancellor announcing the end of WWI, these millions of people ALL went into the healing phase all at the same time. It is during the healing phase that you experience symptoms of illness! What is the healing phase of the bronchia widening? Severe bronchitis, pneumonia. The body attempts to refill this lost tissue and you experience inflammation, fever, coughing, body aches, fatigue, etc. What is the healing phase of the extra lung tissue that grew? Decomposing of the tissue by TB bacteria and fungi. The symptoms of this healing phase are: severe coughing up of blood and tissue, fever, inflammation, severe mucous, body aches, fatigue. During this decomposing of the extra tissue (tumor), the body expels a lot of protein, and without replenishment, severe protein loss can result in death. Antibiotics did not exist yet. If TB bacteria does not exist in a person or they have been vaccinated against TB (big mistake), then the tumor will simply encapsulate and become dormant and not harm you. Who died during the Spanish Flu? Mainly the poor who could not afford to buy meat and proper nourishment, and the people who were directly impacted by the bombings and destruction of their homes.
Millions of people suffered fear and death frights during the fighting of WWI, and millions of people all went into healing at the end of it. Not everyone was affected because not everyone suffered the same way.
It’s not a “flu”, it’s not something you “catch”. It’s biological, meaningful, and unavoidable. One hundred years later, a Fear Campaign begins, using the media to spread it......
even joker didn't kill as much as Prude did.
There is no true justice in this case when you consider how many lives were permanently destroyed. But I think making the Sacklers pay for the medical rehab and after-care for everyone who got prescriptions for their drugs and became addicted...would be the right first step.
One part of 'justice' would be, hopefully, stopping this from happening again.
Worldwide amends or restitution for victims and families, so many lives destroyed
And the damages were spread over a decade or more, so the Sackers will be even richer by the time the damage is paid. Makes the Gilded Age look like the Great Depression
Love Michael Keaton and loved him in Clean and Sober. He played a great 80's real estate selling coke addict hustler and many other great roles throughout the years.
It always amazes me with mega wealthy people is that enough is never enough. They already are very wealthy and yet these narcissist/sociopaths have no problem destroying as many lives as necessary in there never ending quest for profits.
I lost 15 years to opiate addiction. I would like financial compensation
Absolutely incredible show with villains and heroes with real life motivations and an almost unbelievable story. The performances were on point to keep the tension going. This and Death Doctor crushed it this year.
Living legend! Batman, beetlejuice, multiplicity, my life, Mr mom, the dream team. I feel like I was raised by Michael Keaton.
Me too
Don't forget Pacific Heights
Dream Team, what a fun movie. Great call out.
Night Shift was the first film I remember seeing him in and you just knew this guy was going to be big.
Saul do not say one of those names two more times.
Great job Michael! Spreading the word. No one wants to tackle these topics on a "fun" show, but denying part of our reality as a nation of people condemns us to make the same mistakes again. These issues have to be brought to the light, so we can learn to prevent them in the future.
Listening to Michael talk about Perdue reminds me of him playing Sackler in a parody on John Oliver's show.
Perfection.....
That skit might’ve been his start down the rabbit hole into this show, I mean he executive produced this show.
Dopesick is a MUST SEE definitely one of the very best shows this year - don't miss it
Michael Keaton is one of the greatest performers of all time, he's definitely up there!
Just watched the whole series and it is amazing Keaton really nailed it
Love Michael Keaton. One of the greatest actors of his generation.
I saw how easily these meds were being handed out...and that was alarming to me. Another red flag was when a psychiatrist told a relative that the meds were NOT addictive. Mmmmm...it doesn't take a genius to figure out the body will become dependent and crave it after much exposure. Nothing is good in large quantities.
I was addicted to opioids for 14 years! It was HELL!! I have been clean now since September 2016, and I never felt BETTER! It is a WHOLE ANOTHER LIFE when you are a addict!! You ONLY care about 1 thing, getting high and getting the money to do it!! I lost EVERYTHING!! LITERALLY! And even though I have been clean now for over 5yrs. I still don't have my family back in my life or anything! But that is my fault for being a addict, they want nothing to do with me! But I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR HELPING ME GET AWAY FROM THAT LIFE!! AND I PRAY FOR THE ADDICTS THAT ARE IN THIS WORLD, YOU ARE STRONG AND YOU CAN DO IT!! ASK GOD FOR HELP, AND HE WILL BE THERE, I PROMISE!! I COULDN'T SEE LIFE WITHOUT PILLS, OR DRUGS-NOW I AM AMAZED AT HOW BEAUTIFUL LIFE IS SOBER!! GOD BLESS!
Good job 👍🏾
kem 22, Thank you very much! Means A LOT!😊😇..
Well Done & I Wish you all the very best. So glad you have your health back, and I believe other parts of your life will come back to you.
Michael Keaton is an underrated actor. Brilliant!
Upon watching Michael Keaton on this show, it was a rerun during first week of January 2022, I signed up to Hulu (w/ads), just to watch the mini series, it was well worth it, I binge watched all 8 episodes. Michael Keaton is a great actor, he always puts his touch to his lines; makes the character more believable.👌
"Did Purdue know it was addictive?" I was in a surgical residency program when attendings began instructing us to prescribe Oxycontin. I avoided doing so whenever and wherever possible (and never prescribed it after graduating from residency), because OF COURSE a narcotic (derivative) is addictive! The only exception I'm aware of is dextromethorphan, because it is a mirror image of a full on narcotic, and that three dimentional difference makes all the difference.
Oooh, is that an example of "mirror molecules", like with lemons and oranges?
@@tonapittman No it's more of a cough suppressant that my Pediatrician recommended . lol
Hats off to you, you don't have to be a doctor to understand that all drugs that have opiods in them are addictive,
Stayed up until 4 am this morning, such a phenomenal mini series, Micheal and Rosario Dawson deserve every ounce praise for thier work on this
I have a friend who’s boyfriend had knee replacement and had to spend a couple of weeks in a rehab facility that was highly recommended. Instead of getting him out of bed after a few days and doing PT, they kept giving him oxy and my friend said they gave it to him “like candy”. Hearing these guys say that is CHILLING.
This series was eye opening- Keaton was amazing! Its so sad how many innocent lives were and are affected by corrupt pharma out of greed. My prayers are with you all.
SUCH a versatile actor. love you mike!
I almost forgot about Clean and Sober. Great movie. I drank in my 20s but I stopped in my 30s cuz it just made me feel crappy. I’m addicted to coffee/caffeine, but I feel for those who get addicted to the harder stuff.
And you can leave caffeine too...
Decaf my friend. Drink decaf every other day.
He made me cry more Than once.
Micheal Keaton, thank you. It is a disease. Thank you for doing this movie and bringing the truth to light. Your amazing.
He is a great actor and even better person!! ❤❤❤
The show is heartbreaking. Michael Keaton and Kaitlyn Dever deserve so much praise
Michael Keaton is his stage name, his actual name is Michael Douglas; but Michael Douglas was already known from his superstar father Kirk Doulas so he changed it. He shared that on The Colbert Report.
Thanks. I was wondering why he made a point of saying Douglas.
For those who haven’t seen it, “Clean and Sober” was an amazing film, and Michael Keaton and Kathy Baker’s performances were phenomenal.
I could watch Michael in anything. I think he’s my favourite actor of that generation. He was wonderful in this like he’s wonderful in everything
This series was immaculate and beautiful- as much as it was harrowing and painful to watch. incredible work.
My baby brother died from an overdose 6 months ago and I'm still devastated! It all started with oxycontin when he was 15. He was 33 when he died. I hate those lying bas%@#&$ that said it wasn't addictive. They made it to BE addictive! I love you and miss you everyday unclebaby! (That's what my older than him, children called him) 💔
What a great guy.❤️❤️❤️
A close friend was prescribed Oxycontin for back pain. She became worse but was just prescribed more opioids. Just so wrong.
I was thinking a lot about MK’s performance in Clean & Sober while watching Dopesick. I’m glad he brought it up. Such amazing acting in both! He can do no wrong, seriously the GOAT!
Stephen: "Batman gave me his mask today."
Evie: "He gave you the Batman mask??"
Stephen: Batman gave me *a* mask, that's all that needs to be said.
Hehe, yeah, considering a mask that was worn for some time can be infectious, which Stephen probably knows, Michael handing him that mask was the opposite of hygienic, almost gross, but Stephen reacted like a true showman 😁.
I watched 3 episodes and am wondering if there will be more...definitely eye opening.
Multiplicity is truly an underrated comedy.
He was so good..
I LOVE MICHAEL KEATON! HE IS A GOOD HUMAN!
This show is almost better than Chernobyl!
Finished it all and will be watching it a few more times. Truly incredible how evil these people were and he ignorant every level of government has become.
“We have a clip here of you giving testimony” aww it would’ve been so freaking funny if they had pulled out the clip of Keaton playing Richard Sackler on Last Week Tonight 🤣🤣
“Did Purdue know it was addictive” well from John Oliver’s pieces the marketing team said that their sales would be so amazing OxyContin would sweep the nation like a blizzard. So take from that what you will
Michael Keaton is an awesome actor. He is the best Batman.
Outstanding series, and really important. Definitely seriously upsetting and depressing, but so important and enlightening. I have had doctors push opioids at me after surgery and I turn that stuff down now. Not worth the risk and gives me horrible nightmares too. so glad this series is raising awareness and giving people some measure of justice outside of the courtroom!
Please share, what illness or surgery you had where opioids were pushed on you? The series only conflates legitimate medication with the tragic results of illicit heroine use. It demonizes medication that many of us need. It is neither truthful nor enlightening. It is fear mongering by those want to see all legit pain meds banned because the majority of addicts blame prescription medications for their heroine use.
Michael Keaton and Everyone involved in this terrific series was outstanding. Thank you Michael for this increíble series and for anyone interested I Highly recommend the book by Beth Macy.
OxyContin destroyed my father, and literally made him lose his mind. He had severe back pain and his doctors gave him excessive amounts of OxyContin and he was still in pain but went from being the most stable, intelligent person in the world to hallucinating and constantly talking about suicide.
Sorry to hear about that...
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I am so sorry...
Great actor. Find Worth, Spotlight, Chicago 7,The Founder, Birdman. Not Batman only. He really got better and better.
In all this hype no one remembers those people in severe chronic pain who now fall through the cracks who now get treated like drug addicts until they're so depressed some even commit suicide. Yes, they used to give Oxycontin out like candy, now they don't give it to anybody, even those like Michael Keaton who are fortunate enough to have the right gene or don't have an addictive personality and who all use it responsibly and as prescribed. As my mom used to say, "don't through the baby out with the bath water" (I guess I was lucky she remembered that when I was a baby LOL)
This is SOOO TRUE. I have extreme back pain and was weaned down to Tramadol from Oxy, then Vicadin. I hurt so badly that I wait until noon to take it, since I take the daily recommended dose all at once. It's ridiculous.
Really good story.... I'm on episode 5
I started watching it because of you being in it Mr. Keaton...
really good cast... !!
the FDA isn't sitting pretty in all this
This definitely got me side eyeing the FDA
thank you for advocating.
I was involved in a drug trial of OxyContin back when it first came out and I still have the paperwork somewhere where they suggested I’d have to take it for life, not because it was addictive but I’d need it to help with pain. I am one of the fortunate ones who have never had to increase the dosage , my pain is treated on a rather small dose. Am I addicted…sure am, even being an hour late taking that little pink pill the withdrawal starts. 😥
Most of the more severe illnesses happen to people by surprise, unexpectantly, impacting first in the brain, then in the corresponding organ which that part of the brain controls. The end of WWI had absolutely everything to do with the Flu and lung TB outbreak that occurred killing millions. In nature, the biological conflict linked with a territorial fear (just what it means-a fear in your territory, your home, your community, etc.) is a widening of the bronchia (tissue loss). Your body attempts to widen your bronchia in order to allow more air into your lungs to give you more strength and energy to fight to keep your territory safe. Stay with me.......The biological conflict linked with a death fright impacts the lungs. The lungs attempt to grow larger in order to allow more air in because breath equals life, as we all know. No breath equals death.
While you are in the fear or death fright conflict, you notice no symptoms of “disease”, except you have cold hands, cold feet, you can’t sleep, you awaken at 3 AM every night, you have little appetite. During the war, millions of people were in fear of the bombing of their homes and cities where the war was most active. Fearing for their lives, their loved ones in the war, their ability to survive. The food in the stores was sparse due to shortages. This lasted for 4 long years! The longer the conflict, the worse the healing phase. Within 2 weeks of the German Chancellor announcing the end of WWI, these millions of people ALL went into the healing phase all at the same time. It is during the healing phase that you experience symptoms of illness! What is the healing phase of the bronchia widening? Severe bronchitis, pneumonia. The body attempts to refill this lost tissue and you experience inflammation, fever, coughing, body aches, fatigue, etc. What is the healing phase of the extra lung tissue that grew? Decomposing of the tissue by TB bacteria and fungi. The symptoms of this healing phase are: severe coughing up of blood and tissue, fever, inflammation, severe mucous, body aches, fatigue. During this decomposing of the extra tissue (tumor), the body expels a lot of protein, and without replenishment, severe protein loss can result in death. Antibiotics did not exist yet. If TB bacteria does not exist in a person or they have been vaccinated against TB (big mistake), then the tumor will simply encapsulate and become dormant and not harm you. Who died during the Spanish Flu? Mainly the poor who could not afford to buy meat and proper nourishment, and the people who were directly impacted by the bombings and destruction of their homes.
Millions of people suffered fear and death frights during the fighting of WWI, and millions of people all went into healing at the end of it. Not everyone was affected because not everyone suffered the same way.
It’s not a “flu”, it’s not something you “catch”. It’s biological, meaningful, and unavoidable. One hundred years later, a Fear Campaign begins, using the media to spread it......
That is called physical dependence rather than addiction.
The cheeky laugh when Stephen called him America’s sweetheart 😂❤️
I know those pills are evil in the long run- but no doctor gives me any opioids even when seriously injured....there has to be a balance
Yes! They can be terribly addictive, but they also work. I was once, maybe about ten years ago, prescribed hydrocodone *over the phone* along with antibiotics when I got an abscess and my jaw swelled up on a Friday night. On the one hand, I was grateful because I was in genuine pain. On the other hand I was slightly mortified that it had been that easy
@@tinuviel42 they definitely work.
That’s what I mean about balance. I’m 46 with a really painful broken arm but they won’t give anything- then some doctors will hand them out like candy to a 10 year old lol
Wow! Can't wait to see this.
so Michael is going full circle after playing sackler for john oliver.
Richard Kind did it the best, his "I don't know" is just perfect
@@JachAnen he did but way too likeable. a bit goofy. but keaton brings the evil like no other.
@@tinoj9661 Well they were playing dumb, so it makes sense to present them as such. But yeah, Keaton makes them look like pure evil, which is a little closer to the truth, although Cranston made them seem like they just don't care and time is being wasted as they will get away with it, which is probably the closest and Willaims being very gangster like, serious but basically pleading the fifth
@@JachAnen
Agreed
@@Richard_Nickerson whats this people agreeing on the internet so there is hope for humanity
This show was a fantastic insight into the opioid crisis. As a health care professional I recommend all of them to watch it. In school they don't do enough to point out the issues, they leave it to the rules of your institution, your law class, or facility and that's not enough.
There is no opioid crisis, there is a heroine epidemic. Please do a little research before you buy into the lies.
The first time I saw him in this new cycle, he was on "30 Rock" in 2011
I just finished watching Dopesick on Hulu. It is a series about the horrors of addiction and the evil that the flames of greed can burn into lives of anyone downwind of its consequences.
I took a blend for 3 months after an arm injury. Loved the stuff and when my prescription ran out, I simply quit. Never had issues.
Loved this series ❤️
Congrats to Michael and the show fir winning Peabody Award 2022!!
Anyone besides me get the feeling Michael is humbly brilliant? The way he speaks it's as if there's info coursing through his mind so quickly, he can't finish a sentence because there's too much to convey!
…or he just can’t talk. Brilliant ppl can probably parse the info and speak at the same time. I found this interview incredibly frustrating for the same reason you found Mr Keaton so amazing,lol.
I think he doesnt want to be sued.
The war on drugs has been very profitable for certain entities in this country.
Yep, all the tendrils be:
Manufacturers
The Sacklers, enough said
Distributors
Sales bonuses
Hospital systems
Pain management as a new revenue source
Doctors
Kickbacks
Rehab systems
The "help" loop
Law Enforcement
Big budget Task forces
Justice system
So many fees
Prison system
Endless source of inmates
Parole system
Endless source of parolees
Attorneys
Endless source of clients, defendants and victims
Politicans
The empty "clean up" campaign promises hustle
I remember a story from Florida where a government official was pleading people to stop sending their loved ones to rehab there because they were more likely to end up dead rather than free from addiction.
There's no vice or weakness someone won't exploit in the name of capitalism.
@@scottmwilhelms2437 Thanks for spelling it out, Scott. You nailed it.
After I got injured in Afghanistan I was prescribed OxyContin and it made me violently sick to my stomach. So they switched me to the controlled release OxyContin which is much safer and more tolerable for me. Just because people abused these drugs or got addicted to them, it doesn’t negate the fact that there are people (myself included) who suffer from constant pain and are legitimately prescribed these medications by pain management physicians.
Yeah, it really sucks that they are abused so much, I'll be on them for life for my pain, already has been 17 years. Worst week of my life is when they took me off them, didn't sleep for 8 nights(in a hospital bed with no tv, nothing to do but try to sleep), finally did on the 9th after they finally switched me to hydros.
I met Mr Keaton in Bozeman, his trenchcoat and liking for spoken proper English always stuck with me. He is, more now than ever, an actor, person, hero, yes he's danced with the devil in the pale moon light. Yes he does agree with proper pronunciation. He is, indeed yes he is my favorite real life person. I hope to see him again, I do expect he will not be in the same place wearing the same trenchcoat. I will recognize his appreciation for well spoken words, and a politeness associated with a photograph of Mike Pences back tattoo.
I used to smoke pot and use cocaine with regularity up until I turned 40 years old years ago. Very lucky. I was on valium in the early 90s but gave it up. Never like pills because once you pop that pill there is no going back. You can always not do that next line, or have that next drink but once you take that pill, you're all in. Thank you Mr. Keaton for making this piece for America.
This show was triggering & painful to watch, as a chronic pain patient who was given this drug, but completely accurate & so important to put out. I was on percocet for extensive 24/7 pain issues, & my doc, after the young drug reps came & sold him on Oxy, forced me to switch to it if I wanted to be on something daily to "avoid addiction". Every explanation, chart, drawing, you see in this show, all manipulative & false info, was given to me by my doc even AFTER I complained several times that something was not right w/this drug. I went to him in tears saying I'm withdrawing from it within 3 hrs of taking it & feeling in no pain but forced to take another one to keep from getting sick. His answer, & if you watched the show u know, was then I wasn't on a high enough dose, so he kept increasing it. When I begged him to taper me off & go back on percocet, I was accused of trying to "get high". He finally said I'll put you on a different med that's also a constant release with no highs or lows, but won't put you back on pills. He put me on Fentanyl patches. Yes, really. Short story, I lost years of my life, ended up with a tolerance so high that when I finally got a doc who would prescribe pills my use became out of control because they did nothing anymore. I was popping them like candy, & my new doctor, who was bad news also, was knowingly overdosing patients & breaking the law to the point he was sentenced to several years in prison. I felt so let down & betrayed, but I decided I would not blame any doctor or pharmaceutical co for my experience, took control & got clean. Have been sober 8 years now, still in 24/7 pain, but even after 8 years straight of doing everything right & becoming a good, responsible person, my daughters won't forgive me for not being there how they needed when young & don't want relationships. I thought things would improve if I took responsibility & got my life straight, but because of my chronic health issues & disabilities, those relationship possibilities were the only thing giving me hope to go on & change. And no one owes me a relationship or friendship, and I might not deserve to be forgiven, but everything I could possibly do, which I did, was all that I could do. Now, 8 years sober, I find myself wishing I had been one of the lucky ones who died from it when my doctor was literally overdosing me. I'm so heartbroken & depressed & more suicidal than I've ever been. I take responsibility for my own actions & life, but don't assume that those of us who survived this company's evil & got clean are doing okay either. They destroyed families, & none of them are paying for it.
FANTASTIC
Beautiful man❤️
Im allergic , I get sick from pain killers and also alcohol . I too have been lucky I never got addicted .
Besides some major docus I highly recommend the clips/segments from Sam Bees show and obviously John Oliver’s last week tonight to this topic and crisis. For those of you don’t know or haven’t it seen ;)
Jonny Dangerously!
My first exposior to Michael Keaton. I still love it! :D
Keaton is literally winning every award in this series.
It's SO GOOD, everyone should see it
It's also about Lubec Maine that lost 1/2 of an entire graduating class of kids due to Oxytocin's. And the aftermath of the families left not only their dead children but the one's not yet dead but whom might be called the walking dead, the grief of the families and community who held hopes for the future of our young people that are currently lost down the oxytocin's rabbit hole. It's not like a car accident taking our an individual it's the car continuing to take out untold numbers of others.
So glad I have Hulu
@Michael Keaton Warren PA. I've lost 5 friends in 3 years
@Michael Keaton are you aware of the verdict today against l CVS Walgreens. And If you're really Michael Keaton. What is the proper name of a child's blanket
Beth Macy is a great writer.
Beetlejuice was my favorite movie as a kid 💕👍
Keaton looks like he is on the stuff during this interview
Michael Keaton sounds like he has a flipper in. It sounds like he's still getting used to speaking with it.
What is a flipper?
He a good actor, his character gets me evey week. I just want see his character get out of it.
Genuine chap
All strong pain relievers are addictive.
Reading the comments from Aus & I am quite shocked by how many people in the US are directly affected by the Opiod crisis. We had some level of Opiod abuse when OxyContin was approved here, but NOTHING like as bad as in USA. The behavior of Purdue Pharma was reprehensible & they need to face criminal prosecution.
we all know someone who has been touched by this epidemic. I know a few. some lived to tell their story; others had their lives cut short by this insidious disease. I wish the Sackler family would face real criminal penalties for this. they are cartels.
A beauty of a human being
My town has one of those doctors. I think most towns in this country do.
Excellent show - so good
God bless. Love these fellas
My daughter's mom was prescribed 180 oxy while pregnant with my daughter. Her doctor knew she was pregnant. My daughter was born 3lbs 3oz. She was going through withdraws,needed therapy till she was 3,is developmentally delayed,autistic and has intestine problems. She is 8 and purdue pharma case and the shackler family want to claim bankruptcy and my daughter would barely get anything. It's sickening they can wash their hands and have no guilt from all of this. While my daughter will suffer and need help the rest of her life.