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August 01, 2013

FDA warns on Daiichi Sankyo blood pressure drugs

Quoted from http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/03/us-daiichi-sankyo-idUSBRE9620QW20130703

FDA warns on Daiichi Sankyo blood pressure drugs

 
 Wed Jul 3, 2013 10:44am EDT

(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, which is known generically as olmesartan medoxomil.

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