Benicar Lawsuits
The hypertension drug Benicar has been linked to cases of sprue-like enteropathy, which causes chronic diarrhea, weight gain and other serious gastrointestinal problems.…
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The hypertension drug Benicar has been linked to cases of sprue-like enteropathy, which causes chronic diarrhea, weight gain and other serious gastrointestinal problems.…
Public Citizen is calling for a Benicar recall, saying that the gastrointestinal injury risks outweigh the drug’s benefits, especially since there are other blood pressure medications on the market that do not carry the same risk, but are just as effective.…
A $300 million settlement has been reached to resolve cases for individuals who suffered chronic diarrhea or other gastrointestinal injuries following use of Benicar, Azor, Tribenzor or another olmesartan-based blood pressure drug.…
Nearly 2,000 lawsuits have been filed over claims that side effects of Benicar caused chronic diarrhea and other gastrointestinal injuries, which have commonly been misdiagnosed as celiac disease or not properly attributed to the blood pressure drug.…
General causation challenges to Benicar enteropathy lawsuits are expected to begin in early spring, paving the way for bellwether trials later this year.…
A federal judge is refusing to skip the general causation phase in the coordinated pretrial proceedings over claims that the side effects of the hypertension drug Benicar can cause chronic diarrhea and sprue-like enteropathy.…
A federal judge will soon be asked to consider ruling whether Benicar drug labels were adequate and on whether general causation has already been proven before the first cases go to trial.…
Ten bellwether cases have been selected for early trial dates in Benicar enteropathy litigation.…
A status conference scheduled for today will discuss how to move Benicar lawsuits forward beyond a variety of obstacles.…
The first cases likely to go to trial in Benicar sprue-like enteropathy litigation have begun case-specific discovery,…