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  • n  a disease of the intestinal tract
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  • FDA Warns That Popular Blood Pressure Drug Can Cause Severe Diarrhea
    The FDA is warning that the widely-used antihypertensive agent olmesartan (marketed as Benicar, Benicar HCT, Azor, Tribenzor, and generics) may cause severe diarrhea. According to an FDA safety announcement, olmesartan "can cause intestinal problems known as sprue-like enteropathy. Symptoms of sprue-like enteropathy include severe, chronic diarrhea with substantial weight loss." The warning is ...
    July 3, 2013 - Forbes
  • FDA warns on Daiichi Sankyo blood pressure drugs
    (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators warned on Wednesday that Daiichi Sankyo Inc's blood pressure drugs Benicar, Benicar HCT, Azor and Tribenzor can cause severe, chronic diarrhea and substantial weight loss, sometimes requiring hospitalization. The Food and Drug Administration said the intestinal problems, known as sprue-like enteropathy, can develop months to years after starting on the drug ...
    July 3, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

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