quantitative
Analysis v1
Strong Support
A weekly diabetes shot called exenatide doesn’t lower the chance of ending up in the hospital for heart failure for the first time in people with type 2 diabetes — it’s basically neutral, even though it might help if someone already has heart issues.
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Effect of Once-Weekly Exenatide in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes With and Without Heart Failure and Heart Failure-Related Outcomes: Insights From the EXSCEL Trial.
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2019 Nov 12The study looked at a diabetes drug given once a week and found it didn’t lower the chance of first hospitalization for heart failure, but did help reduce repeat hospitalizations. This matches what the claim says.
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