Clinical Blogs

Hepatitis C, a viral infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), can be spread through contaminated blood and other body fluids. The infection can range in duration from a few weeks (acute) to a life-long illness (chronic). Between 75% and 85% of the people who become infected with...

The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently reviewed two new opioid medications for approval – Dsuvia® and Olinvo®. The crisis of opioid addiction is a great concern in our country. The FDA is taking steps to actively confront this crisis, while also keeping the needs of the patients and...

Like all drugs, opioids can cause side effects. However, beyond the commonly reported effects such as nausea, constipation, dizziness and sedation, there is one side effect that presents the biggest obstacle to the usefulness of opioids: euphoria. Euphoria is a feeling of pleasure, excitement, well-being...

On February 5, the Annals of Internal Medicine published results from a study that aimed to determine the efficacy of compounded creams utilized for chronic pain. Researchers from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center separated 399 patients into groups of those experiencing neuropathic pain,...

Why take two pills when you only have to take one? That was the philosophy of Horizon Pharma in developing Duexis®...