In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Won et al
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focused on to the association of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) with osteoporotic
fractures among older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD). With existing conflicting
findings on this association, the current study significantly extended evidence by
showing in a huge study sample that subjects on AChEIs were at a small increased risk
of osteoporotic fractures. Another important aspect of this study is that dose, duration
of treatment, and exposure timing of AChEIs were not associated with a reduced risk
of osteoporotic fractures. However, a few points deserve discussion, as the findings
may be confounded by some additional factors including delirium, subsyndromal delirium,
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