Olmesartan: sprue-like enteropathy.

A cohort study conducted in 2014, using data from France's mandatory health insurance system, has shown a 10-fold increased risk of hospitalisation for enteropathy with olmesartan in comparison with other ARBs (sartans) or ACE inhibitors. The increased incidence of enteropathy with olmesartan compared with other ARBs or ACE inhibitors is well documented. The French drug regulatory agency, ANSM, informed healthcare professionals of these risks in 2014. Yet prescription rates for olmesartan remain high, and new cases of olmesartan-associated enteropathy continue to be reported. Patients would be better served if health professionals stopped using olmesartan and regulators withdrew this drug from the market.