But she never said anything about breast and lung cancer. Researchers are always quick to point out that older, sicker people are more likely to develop infections, heart problems and other side effects. That’s what my doctor told me when I questioned whether I should continue taking the 400 mg of Celebrex a day that I have been taking more than 5 years. But does anyone really study the long-term effects on younger people? The JAMA researchers studied patients over a specific period of time. I wonder how many of the study participants have developed or will develop tumors two years or five years after the study. I hope that future research will be done to follow-up with these patients to look at the number of tumors over an extended period of time and whether patients have recurrences of tumors and infections.

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