With the continuously rising cost of prescription drugs, patients are forced to take matters into their own hands. They are making choices that their doctors would advise against, and their health is suffering because of it. Dr. Sameer Awsare, an internist and...
Earlier in the summer, President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency regarding the opioid crisis in the United States. The broad class of drugs known as opioids function by acting on the body’s opioid receptors to reduce the sensation of pain. In...
In the wake of the much-publicized drug price hikes of common prescriptions such as Mylan’s Epipen and Turing’s Daraprim, patients and doctors alike have been scratching their heads about why drug prices keep increasing. Some reasons may be the rise of the cost of...
Rheumatologists are busier than ever today, treating patients of all ages with a variety of complaints, the most well-known being arthritis. While many people consider arthritis a condition seen primarily in the elderly, rheumatologists commonly treat much younger...
Patients with gout and clinicians who treat the disease should be aware of a recent Food and Drug Administration Safety Announcement regarding the drug Febuxostat. Commonly known as Uloric or Adenuric, Febuxostat was initially developed by a Japanese pharmaceutical...
