Reply to: Effect of pharmacological treatment of osteoporosis in the prevention of pathological vertebral fractures

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To the Editor: Pellegrino et al. report a 39% decrease (no time period stated) and a 48% decrease between 2008 and 2010 in the rate of hospital admissions in the United States for patients with diagnoses of pathological vertebral fractures (ICD-9-CM 733.13) and osteoporosis (ICD-9-CM 733.00) [1]. They attribute the 48% decline to the introduction of intravenous bisphosphonates in 2006 and 2007 that was reported in our article on trends in the use of oral and intravenous bisphosphonates [2].