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How One Doctor Is Advising Patients on Celebrex

December 20, 200412:00 AM ET

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Michele Norris

How One Doctor Is Advising Patients on Celebrex

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NPR's Michele Norris talks with Dr. Robert Schmerling, a rheumatologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, about what he is telling patients who are currently taking Celebrex.