Glossary

Hickman line – a fixed central line that is used to deliver IV drugs close to where they are needed in the body.

EBD (event-based dosing) – a term for taking medicines only at times linked to a relevant event.

EDD is also called “on-demand dosing”.

For example, EBD for PrEP (to prevent HIV transmission) involves taking PrEP before sex and then for several days after sex. EBD for PrEP is only appropriate in some situations and for some people – otherwise daily dosing is recommended,

• On-demand dosing: only for anal sex
• Real-life examples for on-demand dosing
• Daily PrEP: for anal and vaginal sex

internal fetal labour monitoring – where an electrode is inserted through the vagina and placed on the baby’s scalp to record the baby’s heart rate during labour.

reverse transcriptase – an enzyme unique to HIV. It is used to convert single-strand RNA into double-strand DNA. This is needed before HIV’s genetic material can be integrated in the human DNA. HIV drugs that stop this process are called reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs).

non-nuke – a common term for NNRTI.