Benicar Associated With Sprue-Like Enteropathy, Which Is A Chronic / Severe Diarrhea Condition With Weight Loss

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This Is Also A Drug Side Effect Of Benicar HCT, Azor, And Tribenzor — Other Blood Pressure Medicines Containing Olmesartan

UPDATE: Daiichi Sankyo settles U.S. lawsuits over blood pressure drug Benicar (Reuters, 8/1/17)

Daiichi Sankyo on Tuesday said it has agreed to pay up to $300 million to settle some 2,300 U.S. cases accusing the Japanese drugmaker of failing to warn that its blood pressure medication Benicar can cause gastrointestinal illness….

(8/2/17)

An association between the oral angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) Benicar (olmesartan) and the serious side effect sprue-like enteropathy has been noted in the medical literature and flagged by the FDA.

In more detail, severe and chronic diarrhea with substantial weight loss has been reported in patients taking Benicar months to years after they first started using Benicar.

Some patients who develop this Benicar side effect and were hospitalized are given the discharge diagnosis of intestinal malabsorption instead of sprue-like enteropathy.

In early July 2013 this FDA Drug Safety Communication was issued, “FDA approves label changes to include intestinal problems (sprue-like enteropathy) linked to blood pressure medicine olmesartan medoxomil [(e.g., Benicar, Benicar HCT, Azor, and Tribenzor)]“. It began by informing that the FDA has approved changes to the labels of these drugs in include the fact that these drugs can cause serious intestinal problems.

Past Side Effects Case Evaluations

Azor – Severe and Chronic Diarrhea with Substantial Weight Loss – 65 yr old man
Benicar HCT – Severe and Chronic Diarrhea with Substantial Weight Loss – 58 yr old woman
Benicar – Intestinal Problems / Villous Atrophy – 52 yr old man
Benicar – Severe and Chronic Diarrhea with Substantial Weight Loss – 61 yr old woman
Azor and Tribenzor – Severe and Chronic Diarrhea with Substantial Weight Loss (has lost 70 lbs) – 49 yr old woman
Benicar – Severe and Chronic Diarrhea with Substantial Weight Loss – 50 yr old man
Benicar – Severe and Chronic Diarrhea with Substantial Weight Loss (in and out Of the hospital for almost two years) – 58 yr old woman
Benicar – Sprue-like Enteropathy; Severe and Chronic Diarrhea with Substantial Weight Loss – 67 yr old man
Benicar – Sprue-like Enteropathy – 62 yr old woman
Benicar – Sprue-like Enteropathy; side effect link with Benicar apparent by means of the drug “re-challenge”, i.e., severe diarrhea returned when Benicar was restarted – 65 yr old man