Glossary

event-based dosing –  See EBD.

antepartum refers to the time during pregnancy before a baby is born. Antepartum refers to the mother.

See: intrapartum and postpartum.

ChemSex is a common term used by gay men for drug use that includes at least one of these three recreational drugs: meth, meph and G.

• Methamphetamine (crystal/crystal meth/Tina/meth).
• Mephedrone (meph/drone).
• GHB/GBL* (G, Gina).

Differences between ChemSex and recreational drugs.

hepatic encephalopathy – brain disease that occurs when serious liver damage prevents toxic substances from being flitered out of the blood, and they enter the brain. See encephalopathy.

immune system – the system that your body uses to fight infections.