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		clickety_clack 56 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ibuprofen: An everyday drug might offer protection... That’s exactly my point. They’d be removed from the study before they got the cancer.

OutOfHere 56 days ago [–]

That doesn't seem to truthfully represent the situation. Some people without cancer do rely on painkillers more than they should, but it is during cancer that many people start taking a lot of painkillers.

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