A report from the Mayo Clinic links blood pressure drug Benicar to stomach problems including chronic diarrhea, vomiting, intestinal inflammation and weight loss, according to ABC News.
In some cases, the symptoms were so bad that patients required hospitalization.
The story describes the symptoms as being similar to those of celiac disease. The typical treatment for treating celiac disease is putting patients on a gluten-free diet.
But in the case of Benicar, that had no effect. And the patients’ symptoms improved dramatically once ...
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