Meredith Friesen  |  November 28, 2014

Category: Legal News

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benicarA Benicar lawsuit against Daiichi Sankyo and Forest Pharmaceuticals filed by an Ohio woman alleges she  experienced severe intestinal and colonic problems as a result of taking Benicar.

Laura L. was prescribed Benicar and took the recommended dosage, according to the Benicar lawsuit. However, she experienced several severe Benicar side effects including, according to the Benicar lawsuit, “sprue-like enteropathy, lymphocytic colitis, microscopic colitis, collagenous colitis, and malabsorption.” These alleged Benicar complications further resulted in “diarrhea, rapid weight loss, nausea, vomiting, malnutrition, dehydration, and acute renal failure.”

Laura was repeatedly hospitalized in order to manage Benicar side effects, the Benicar lawsuit says. She has experienced severe emotional, mental, and physical injuries. Between medications, hospitalization, and treatment, the costs she has allegedly accumulated are significant, and pain and suffering she is experiencing due to the alleged Benicar side effects is expected to continue.

Benicar Lawsuit Allegations

The Benicar lawsuit claims the drug was originally insufficiently tested. Clinical trials were only run for three months. However, Benicar side effects reportedly may take place after three months.

The Benicar lawsuit also claims the defendants “communicated to physicians information that failed to contain relevant warnings, hazards, contraindications, efficacy, side effects, and precautions that would enable doctors to prescribe the drug safely.”

Benicar, or olmesartan, has long been associated with stomach, intestinal, and colonic problems. The Benicar lawsuit claims that the defendants were aware of the health risks, knew that “many physicians were unaware of the extent of these risks … [and] that many physicians were over-prescribing the olmesartan products.”

The Benicar lawsuit includes counts of defective design, failure to warn, strict liability, gross negligence, failure to comply with federal standards, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment, constructive fraud, fraud, civil conspiracy, and breach of express/implied warranties.

About Benicar

Benicar is a hypertension mediation prescribed to over 11 million individuals a year. In addition to the side effects allegedly experienced by the plaintiff, some patients have reportedly experienced problems that have been misdiagnosed as celiac disease.

In July 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning concerning the sprue-like enteropathy that the plaintiff experienced. Sprue-like enteropathy involves severe diarrhea, substantial weight loss, and electrolyte imbalance. Benicar side effects can be life-threatening according to the FDA.

Due to the nature of some Benicar side effects, it may take months, or even years, after Benicar use has ceased for a patient to develop complications. Some are not even aware that their condition is a result of Benicar.

Many individuals like Laura have experienced severe negative Benicar side effects as a result of the defendants’ alleged actions. Laura filed the Benicar lawsuit on November 14, 2014 and is seeking compensatory, treble, and punitive damages.

This Benicar Lawsuit is Case No. 1:14-cv-02514 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.

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