PCR (polymerase chain reaction) – type of viral load test.
Glossary
Selected words and phrases
ritonavir – a protease inhibitor (PI) that is now used boost levels of some other HIV drugs, especially other PIs.
side effect – an unwanted effect from taking a medicine. Sometimes called an adverse event or drug toxicity.
Hickman line – a fixed central line that is used to deliver IV drugs close to where they are needed in the body.
drug resistant mutation – a mutation or change that occurs in the HIV genome that reduces a drugs ability to work.