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“Teriparatide reduces fracture risk in defined osteoporosis populations.”

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The reviewed evidence supports this exact statement only in the situation described below.

The pivotal evidence and label support vertebral and nonvertebral fracture-risk reduction in studied high-risk populations.

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This answer uses a study that assigned people to groups by chance and measured a health outcome.
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Labeled osteoporosis populations at high fracture risk. These limits show which substance, product, people, use, place, and time the answer covers. A different product or situation can have a different answer.
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