Benicar can cause MC and patients are suing the drug maker!

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Benicar, known generically as omesartan medoxomil, is used to lower high blood pressure. Some patients, however, allege that after they took the medication they developed a condition called sprue-like enteropathy, which involves chronic diarrhea, weight loss and gastrointestinal problems.

One such lawsuit was filed by Louis Verduzco and Michael Ewald against Daiichi Sankyo, maker of Benicar, and Forest Laboratories, marketer of Benicar. According to court documents, both plaintiffs developed personal injuries including “sprue-like enteropathy, villous atrophy, lymphocytic colitis, microscopic colitis, collagenous colitis, and/or intestinal malabsorption.” These conditions resulted in chronic diarrhea, rapid weight loss, dehydration and/or acute renal failure.

The plaintiffs allege they were hospitalized for their conditions and require ongoing medical monitoring.

http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/ar ... PDgHHzF_10

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Gee, just what the world needed — another trigger for MC.

Thanks for the link.

Tex

[Martha]

There was an article about that in the February 2014 issue of Living Without magazine. About Benicar causing symptoms, not about the lawsuit.