Comparative safety and effectiveness of alendronate versus raloxifene in women with osteoporosis

Abstract Alendronate and raloxifene are among the most popular anti-osteoporosis medications. However, there is a lack of head-to-head comparative effectiveness studies comparing the two treatments. We conducted a retrospective large-scale multicenter study encompassing over 300 million patients acr...

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Main Authors: Yeesuk Kim, Yuxi Tian, Jianxiao Yang, Vojtech Huser, Peng Jin, Christophe G. Lambert, Hojun Park, Seng Chan You, Rae Woong Park, Peter R. Rijnbeek, Mui Van Zandt, Christian Reich, Rohit Vashisht, Yonghui Wu, Jon Duke, George Hripcsak, David Madigan, Nigam H. Shah, Patrick B. Ryan, Martijn J. Schuemie, Marc A. Suchard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68037-8