Research based on insurance claims data indicates that new users of the sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor canagliflozin are no more likely to experience a fracture than new users of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists.
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Ann Intern Med 2019; doi:10.7326/M18-0567 Ann Intern Med 2019; doi:10.7326/M18-3550
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