Glossary

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

half-life (T1/2) the time taken a drug to clear from the highest concentration to half this level. Drugs have different half-lives in different compartments (ie half-life in blood can be different from the half-life inside a cell). It take 5 x the half-live for a drug to be considered cleared.

What happens when you take a drug?

HCV – hepatitis C, a virus that causes liver disease.

Guide to HIV and hepatitis C coinfection.

AIDS – acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

outreach – a type of service which goes out to find and engage people.