UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT



     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 5, 2003



                         CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Minnesota                     000-50371               51-0467366
(State or other jurisdiction of        (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)        File Number)         Identification No.)


                                150 Motor Parkway
                         Hauppauge, New York 11788-5145
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                                 (631) 232-7000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                 Not Applicable
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)









Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

           (c)   The following exhibit is being "furnished" in accordance with
                 Item 12 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed "filed" for
                 purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
                 as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the
                 liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be
                 incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
                 Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as
                 expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing:

                 99.1  Press Release of Curative Health Services, Inc. dated
                       November 5, 2003.

Item 12.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition

           The following information is being "furnished" in accordance with
           Item 12 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
           Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
           "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
           section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
           any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
           Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in
           such filing:

           On November 5, 2003, Curative Health Services, Inc. issued a press
           release reporting on its results of operations and financial
           condition for the completed fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2003.
           The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report.





Signature

           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                    CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.


Date:  November 5, 2003             By:  /s/ Thomas Axmacher
                                         -------------------
                                         Thomas Axmacher
                                         Chief Financial Officer






                                                                 Exhibit 99.1


Contact:
     Scott Eckstein
     Investor Relations
     Curative Health Services
     631-232-7044
     seckstein@curativehealth.com


           CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2003 RESULTS


                    Third quarter Revenues of $46.6 Million,

                       GAAP Net Income Per Share of $0.13,

                   Results Include Charges of $0.08 Per Share

Hauppauge, New York - November 5, 2003 - Curative Health Services, Inc.,
(Nasdaq: CURE), announced today third quarter financial results for the period
ended September 30, 2003. Total revenues for the third quarter were $46.6
million, compared with $36.9 million reported in the third quarter of 2002, an
increase of 26.4%. GAAP net income was $1.8 million or $0.13 per diluted share,
compared with GAAP net income of $3.9 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, for
the third quarter of 2002. Adjusted net income for the third quarter was $2.9
million or $0.21 per diluted share. The adjusted third quarter 2003 results add
back to GAAP net income certain aggregate after tax charges of approximately
$1.1 million ($1.8 million pre-tax) or $0.08 per diluted share. A table
reconciling GAAP net income and net income per diluted share to adjusted net
income and net income per diluted share for the three months ended September 30,
2003 accompanies this press release. Management believes the adjusted net income
and adjusted net income per diluted share information is necessary to better
present the Company's underlying business operating results.

Total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 were $149.3 million.
GAAP net income was $8.7 million or $0.64 per diluted share. Adjusted net income
for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 was $11.9 million or $0.87 per
diluted share. These adjusted nine month results add back to GAAP net income
charges taken during the first and second quarters that have been previously
disclosed, as well as the charges taken during the third quarter discussed
above. A table reconciling GAAP net income and net income per diluted share to
adjusted net income and net income per diluted share for the nine months ended
September 30, 2003 accompanies this press release.

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"Our third quarter was a challenging one as sequential revenue growth relating
to our blood products paused, and the reorganization in the Synagis(R)
distribution network made the competitive outlook somewhat uncertain for the
2003-2004 RSV season," said Joseph Feshbach, Curative's Chairman and CEO.
"Moreover operating expenses as well as investment requirements have proven to
be higher than expected. The combined effect of all of these changes was what
prompted us to lower our guidance early in October. We also experienced isolated
pricing pressure in our Wound Care business.

"Nonetheless we do expect solid sequential gains in Hemophilia and IVIG and
other infusables in Q4 as well as good revenue gains in Synagis(R). We are also
redoubling our expense control efforts." In the Wound Care business, the
Company signed five new multi-year contracts to manage acute care hospital
Wound Care Center(R) programs and had three contracts terminated.
Additionally, the Company has signed one multi-year contract thus far in the
fourth quarter of 2003.


Fourth Quarter, Fiscal 2003 and Fiscal 2004 Guidance

For the full year 2003, the Company expects revenues to be in the range of
$219-$221 million and GAAP net income in the range of $0.93-$0.96 per diluted
share. Adjusted net income per diluted share for the full year 2003 is expected
to be in the range of $1.17-$1.20. This adjusted net income per diluted share
guidance reflects the adjustments shown for the first nine months of 2003 in the
table reconciling GAAP net income per diluted share to adjusted net income per
diluted share which table accompanies this press release. For the fourth quarter
2003, the Company expects revenues to be in the range of $70-$72 million and
GAAP net income in the range of $0.30-$0.32 per diluted share.

For 2004, the Company anticipates revenues of approximately $270-$280 million
and GAAP net income to be in the range of $1.35-$1.45 per diluted share.
Revenues for Specialty Pharmacy Services are expected to be in the $240-$250
million range and revenues for Specialty Healthcare Services are expected to be
approximately $30 million. Specialty Pharmacy Services revenue growth is
expected from both organic growth as the result of the Company's expanded sales
force, as well as the inclusion in 2004 of a full year of operations by
specialty pharmacy businesses acquired during the first nine months of 2003.

The guidance above relates to periods which have not yet ended or for which the
Company has not yet closed its books or completed its review of its operating
results and financial position. Accordingly, this guidance is preliminary and
subject to change based on completion of that review.  In addition, the
guidance above does not reflect the impact, if any, of the pending government
investigation of the Company's Prescription City pharmacy which was announced
today in a separate release.

Management believes that adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted
share provide useful information that is essential to understanding the
operating results of the Company's core business operations and that allows
investors to more easily compare operating results from period to period.

The Company will host a conference call to discuss the Company's third quarter
2003 financial results, recent developments, business strategy and outlook on
Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To participate in the
conference call, dial 1-800-915-4836 approximately 10 minutes prior to the
scheduled start time.

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If you are unable to participate, a digital replay of the call will be available
from Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time until 12:00 a.m.
Eastern Time on November 12, 2003 by dialing 1-800-428-6051 with passcode #
309426. The live broadcast of Curative's quarterly conference call will be
available online by going to www.curative.com and selecting the Investor
Relations link, on www.streetevents.com, and on www.companyboardroom.com. An
online replay will be available shortly after the call through November 12, 2003
at those sites.


About Curative Health Services

Curative Health Services, Inc., through its two business units, Specialty
Pharmacy Services and Specialty Healthcare Services, seeks to deliver
high-quality results and exceptional patient satisfaction for patients
experiencing serious or chronic medical conditions.

Curative's Specialty Pharmacy Services business unit provides services to help
patients manage the health care process, and offers related pharmacy products to
patients for chronic and critical disease states including Hemophilia, Immune
System Disorders, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Multiple Sclerosis,
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cancer.

Curative's Specialty Healthcare Services ("SHS") business unit is an industry
leader in chronic wound care management. SHS provides a broad continuum of
services to health care providers through a nationwide network. This national
network of hospital-based Wound Care Center(R) programs has offered
comprehensive treatment to over 375,000 patients.

         For more information, visit www.curative.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors,
which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company,
or industry results, to be materially different from any future results,
performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not
limited to, the termination or non-renewal of a material number of contracts, an
inability to obtain new contracts, changes in the government regulations
relating to the Company's Specialty Pharmacy Services or Specialty Healthcare
Services business units, changes in the regulations governing third party
reimbursements for the Company's services, manufacturing shortages of products
sold by Curative's Specialty Pharmacy Services business unit, and the other
risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Readers of this release are referred to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 and Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, for further discussion
of these and other factors that could affect future results.


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                 CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                         Selected Financial Information


Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
-----------------------------------------------
(In thousands, except for per share data)



                                                            (Unaudited)                  (Unaudited)
                                                         Three Months Ended           Nine Months Ended
                                                            September 30,               September 30,
                                                        2003            2002        2003            2002
                                                      ------------------------    ------------------------
                                                                                      
Revenues                                              $ 46,587        $ 36,851    $ 149,296       $ 91,535
Costs and expenses:
   Cost of product sales and services                   30,998          22,872      100,413         57,573
   Selling, general & administrative                    10,221           7,086       27,516         18,619
   Total charges incurred (see reconciliation
    table following)                                     1,793               -        5,332              -
                                                        ------          ------      -------         ------
     Total costs and expenses                           43,012          29,958      133,261         76,192
                                                        ------          ------      -------         ------
Income from operations                                   3,575           6,893       16,035         15,343

Interest income                                              3               4            7             57
Interest expense                                           661             393        1,673            675
                                                        ------          ------      -------         ------
Income before income taxes                               2,917           6,504       14,369         14,725

Income taxes                                             1,152           2,570        5,676          5,910
                                                        ------          ------      -------         ------
Net income                                            $  1,765        $  3,934    $   8,693       $  8,815
                                                        ======          ======      =======         ======
Net income per common share, basic                    $   0.14 (1)    $   0.33    $    0.70 (1)   $   0.79
                                                        ======          ======      =======         ======
Net income per common share, diluted                  $   0.13 (1)    $   0.31    $    0.64 (1)   $   0.73
                                                        ======          ======      =======         ======
Denominator for basic earnings per share,
weighted average common shares                          12,434          11,869       12,344         11,098
                                                        ======          ======      =======         ======
Denominator for diluted earnings per share,
weighted average common shares assuming
conversions                                             14,025          12,726       13,880         12,117
                                                        ======          ======      =======         ======



     (1) Calculated under the "as if converted" method, which
     requires adding shares related to convertible notes that
     have no contingencies to the denominator for diluted
     earnings per share and adding to net income, the numerator,
     tax effected interest expense relating to those convertible
     notes.






                 CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                         Selected Financial Information




Reconciliation of GAAP Net income to
Adjusted net income
-------------------
(In thousands, except for per share data)

                                                                                (Unaudited)           (Unaudited)
                                                                             Three Months Ended    Nine Months Ended
                                                                             September 30, 2003    September 30, 2003
                                                                            ------------------    ------------------
                                                                                                  
GAAP Net income                                                                   $  1,765              $  8,693

Adjustments:
 Costs of credit facility termination and corporate structure
    reorganization                                                                     274                 1,100
 Costs of pharmacy consolidation and executive terminations                            508                 3,221
 Costs of convertible note offering not completed due to market
    conditions                                                                         682                   682
 Costs of acquisition not completed                                                    329                   329
                                                                                    ------                ------
 Subtotal of adjustments                                                             1,793                 5,332
 Tax benefit                                                                          (708)               (2,106)
                                                                                    ------                ------
Adjusted net income                                                               $  2,850              $ 11,919
                                                                                    ======                ======

Reconciliation of GAAP Net income per common share,
diluted to Adjusted net income per common share, diluted
--------------------------------------------------------

GAAP net income per common share, diluted                                         $   0.13 (1)          $   0.64 (1)

Adjustments:
 Costs of credit facility termination and corporate structure
    reorganization                                                                    0.02                  0.08
 Costs of pharmacy consolidation and executive terminations                           0.04                  0.23
 Costs of convertible note offering not completed due to market
    conditions                                                                        0.05                  0.05
 Costs of acquisition not completed                                                   0.02                  0.02
                                                                                    ------                ------
Subtotal of adjustments                                                               0.13                  0.38
Tax benefit                                                                          (0.05)                (0.15)
                                                                                    ------                ------
Adjusted net income per common share, diluted                                     $   0.21 (1)          $   0.87 (1)
                                                                                    ======                ======
Denominator for diluted earnings per share,
weighted average common shares assuming conversions                                 14,025                13,880
                                                                                    ======                ======


                    (1) Calculated under the "as if converted" method, which
                    requires adding shares related to convertible notes that
                    have no contingencies to the denominator for diluted
                    earnings per share and adding to net income, the numerator,
                    tax effected interest expense relating to those convertible
                    notes.






                 CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                         Selected Financial Information

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
-------------------------------------
(Dollars in thousands)


                                                               (Unaudited)
                                                              September 30,      December 31,
                                                                  2003              2002
                                                              -------------     -------------
                                                                            
Assets
Current assets:
     Cash and cash equivalents                                  $     995         $   2,643
     Accounts receivable, net                                      43,945            36,438
     Deferred tax assets                                            3,088             2,957
     Inventories                                                   10,839            12,766
     Prepaids and other current assets                              2,394             2,212
                                                                  -------           -------
        Total current assets                                       61,261            57,016

     Property and equipment, net                                    6,128             3,284
     Goodwill and intangibles                                     150,155           125,165
     Other long-term assets                                         1,827               979
                                                                  -------           -------
        Total assets                                           $  219,371         $ 186,444
                                                                  =======           =======

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
     Accounts payable                                          $   19,931         $  21,786
     Accrued expenses                                              11,833            11,579
     Current portion long term liabilities                          7,916             6,102
                                                                  -------           -------
        Total current liabilities                                  39,680            39,467

     Long-term liabilities                                         41,919            26,076

     Stockholders' equity                                         137,772           120,901
                                                                  -------           -------
        Total liabilities and stockholders' equity             $  219,371         $ 186,444
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   Editors Note: This release is also available on the Internet over the World
                      Wide Web at: http://www.curative.com
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