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