Glossary

symptomatic – showing signs of illness.

genotype test – a test that looks at how the genetic structure of a sample of HIV and whether the virus has changed with drug resistant mutations.

mean (average) – where all the results are added together, and then divided by the number of results to find the (mean) average. See median.

What is an average.

bradycardia is when the heart beats too slowly.

tachycardia refers to when the heart beats too fast.

See: arrhythmia

substitution therapy – using a prescription drug, eg methadone or buprenorphine, to stop using heroin.