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"Hulu’s ‘Dopesick’ Was About Me: I Prescribed Oxy While Taking 100 Pills A Day.” - With Dr. Stephen Loyd
Published 3 years, 3 months ago
Description
It’s the type of story they base Emmy Award winning shows off of. A small town doctor tries to help his patients but ultimately becomes the target of Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin crimes. So he went from doctor, to addict, to a walking miracle once his addiction recovery began. At one point, his addiction became so dark that he was taking 100 pills per day while still prescribing oxy to those who came to him for help. This is a bone-chilling, firsthand account of how the greed and evils of one ph...