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Medical uses
Some COX-2 inhibitors are used in a single dose to treat pain after surgery.

Etoricoxib appears as good as, if not better than, other pain medications. Celecoxib appears to be about as useful as ibuprofen.

NSAIDs are often used in treatment of acute gout attacks. COX-2 inhibitors appear to work as well as nonselective NSAIDS. They have not been compared to other treatment options such as colchicine or glucocorticoids.

Cancer
COX-2 appears to be related to cancers and abnormal growths in the intestinal tract. Overexpression of COX-2 produces excess prostaglandins which have been shown to increase the possibility of colorectal cancer. COX inhibitors, specifically XYZ, have been shown to reduce the occurrence of cancers and pre-cancerous growths. The National Cancer Institute has done some studies on COX-2 and cancer. Name specific studies being done The FDA has approved Celebrex for treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). COX-2 inhibitors are currently being studied in breast cancer and appear to be beneficial.