SELECT 
  q_products_categories.product_id, 
  GROUP_CONCAT(
    IF(
      q_products_categories.link_type = "M", 
      CONCAT(
        q_products_categories.category_id, 
        "M"
      ), 
      q_products_categories.category_id
    )
  ) AS category_ids, 
  product_position_source.position AS position 
FROM 
  q_products_categories 
  INNER JOIN q_categories ON q_categories.category_id = q_products_categories.category_id 
  AND (
    q_categories.usergroup_ids = '' 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(0, q_categories.usergroup_ids) 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(1, q_categories.usergroup_ids)
  ) 
  AND q_categories.status IN ('A', 'H') 
  LEFT JOIN q_products_categories AS product_position_source ON q_products_categories.product_id = product_position_source.product_id 
  AND product_position_source.category_id = 3 
WHERE 
  q_products_categories.product_id IN (
    37537, 37538, 37539, 37540, 37541, 37542, 
    37543, 37544, 37545, 37546, 37547, 
    37548, 37549, 37550, 37551, 37552
  ) 
GROUP BY 
  q_products_categories.product_id

Query time 0.00069

JSON explain

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            ],
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              "product_id"
            ],
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            },
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              "category_id",
              "link_type"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
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        }
      ]
    }
  }
}