No, I'm not writing about income inequality. Good lord, I'm not that crazy. I'm referring to the experience of experiencing the "rare" outcome. You know the statistics. They come with every treatment or procedure that we're subjected to. The percentages are typically small, indicating the risk is very small, that something will turn out other than positive. If they weren't, the FDA would punt these things right off the market. Even medications with so-called "black box warnings" have risks for serious side effects under 10%. So what happens when you find yourself in that elite group of people who fall into this "rare" situation? I've worked with clients who are in this club and have personal experience, as well. According to the "official" statistics for the widely used drug Infliximab (brand name Remicade), around 3% of people in a sample of about 5000 patients experienced a reaction during one of their in
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