Robert J. Boumis  |  November 30, 2015

Category: Legal News

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benicar-lawsuit-diarrheaA Kentucky man filed a Benicar lawsuit against the drug’s makers, alleging that the drug caused symptoms mimicking celiac disease.

In this Benicar lawsuit, Plaintiff Virgil P. alleges that he suffered serious Benicar side effects. According to his Benicar lawsuit, he began taking the drug in October 2010.

The Benicar lawsuit alleges that Virgil suffered from villous atrophy, sprue-like enteropathy, and other disorders attributable to Benicar side effects.

Benicar lawsuits become part of a multi-district litigation, or MDL. The federal court system creates an MDL as a way to coordinate similar cases and streamline the legal system. Since Benicar lawsuits typically make similar allegations and hinge on similar evidence, they are well-suited for coordination into a single MDL.

Benicar came under more intense scrutiny in 2013. In July of that year, the FDA issued a Drug Safety Communication warning that Benicar “can cause intestinal problems known as sprue-like enteropathy.” The FDA’s statement went on that “symptoms of sprue-like enteropathy may include severe, chronic diarrhea with substantial weight loss.” The FDA also stated that the some of the reported cases required hospitalization.

Sprue-like enteropathy may mimic celiac disease symptoms. Celiac disease is a condition in which the patient’s immune system attacks the villi of the small intestine, causing severe stomach cramping, trouble absorbing food, and debilitating diarrhea. Though most cases of celiac disease can be controlled through a very strict restriction diet, a significant subset of celiac disease patients do not.

Virgil’s Benicar lawsuit incorporates allegations from the Benicar Master Complaint, a document pertaining to all cases in the larger Benicar MDL. The Master Complaint alleges that patients couldn’t have know their celiac disease symptoms were being caused by Benciar.

Though Virgil’s Benicar lawsuit is scant on personal details, the Master Complaint includes references to various case studies and peer-reviewed studies, some of which predate the FDA’s 2013 statement. This includes case studies published in the Gastrointestinal Medicine, including one about a patient who lost 45 pounds and had 20 bowel movements a day for a year. This patient’s symptoms abated when her physicians took her off Benicar.

The Benicar lawsuit is In Re: Benicar (Olmesartan) Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2606 filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Camden Vicinage.

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