Healthline·3 min read·medium
1 Drugs May Lower Fracture Risk
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Corrie Pelc
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A study published in JAMA Network Open suggests that patients with type 2 diabetes using GLP-1 medications had a 21% lower risk of fragility fractures compared to those on DPP-4 inhibitors. Researchers caution that the study is observational and requires further investigation to prove causation.
Fragility fractures occur when bones are fragile enough to break from a fall that wouldn’t normally break a healthy bone.
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