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side effect – an unwanted effect from taking a medicine. Sometimes called an adverse event or drug toxicity.

IDU – injecting drug user

tachycardia refers to when the heart beats too fast.

bradycardia is when the heart beats too slowly.

See: arrhythmia

CDC – Centre for Disease Control, part of the USA health administration.

performance stage – WHO classification of progress of HIV infection.

WHO classification system.