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<channel><title><![CDATA[Celiac Disease & Gluten-free Diet Information at Celiac.com - Comments for article: Blood Pressure Drug Side Effects Mimic Celiac Disease]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com</link><description /><language>en-us</language><copyright><![CDATA[http://www.celiac.com]]></copyright><generator>N/A</generator><webMaster>scott@celiac.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:56:38 PDT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #1]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22969/1/Blood-Pressure-Drug-Side-Effects-Mimic-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment11924</link><description><![CDATA[Can anyone say if beta blockers were part of this investigation?<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by dappycharlie at 2:00 pm, Mon 2nd Jul 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (dappycharlie)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:00:53 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22969/1/Blood-Pressure-Drug-Side-Effects-Mimic-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment11924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22969/1/Blood-Pressure-Drug-Side-Effects-Mimic-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment11940</link><description><![CDATA[I started to respond to the original release of this information in Physician's First Watch (June 22) - entitled "Case Series Associates Olmesartan with Spruelike Disease." I was disappointed that the Mayo Clinic physicians Murray et al. made no mention of looking at the inactive ingredients in Olmesartan as a cause, as well as two other antihypertensive medications that also seem to cause celiac-like symptom. Two if not three of these have more than one form of cellulose and even talc (which should not be an issue); however Olmesartan, as well as at least one of the other contain lactose in as few forms. Seems like lactose intolerance would have been looked at as well - and this is often associated with celiac disease (or celiac-like response) from the damage to the epithelial cells that can't produce the lactase - though there is not mention of this in the full publication. Perhaps this is the reason there was no response to a gluten-free diet - perhaps dairy needed to be removed as well. You would have thought the patients would be aware of any lactose intolerance issue. In one of the medications I believe the lactose was 5x the amount of the active ingredient.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Sharon at 6:55 am, Tue 3rd Jul 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Sharon)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:55:11 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22969/1/Blood-Pressure-Drug-Side-Effects-Mimic-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment11940</guid></item></channel></rss>