clinical failure – when you develop new symptoms and illnesses even though you are on treatment. See virological failure.
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SVR (sustained virological response) – having a negative HCV viral load test 6 months after stopping HCV treatment. The response, 6 months after treatment is stopped, determines whether treatment has been effective in terms of clearing HCV. SVR is the most important result from an HCV treatment trial. See ETR.
IDU – injecting drug user
diarrhoea – when stools (faeces) is less than firm. This can range from loose to being very watery. As a medical condition it is usually also associated with needing to go to the toilet more frequently.
For example, this is commonly defined as three or more liquid/watery faeces over 24 hour period.
See this information from the i-Base guide to side effects for ways to manage and treat diarrhoea.
https://i-base.info/guides/side/diarrhoea
adverse event – an unexpected or unwanted effect during a research study. Sometimes this used to describe a side effect from a drug.
Although all side effects are adverse events, not all adverse events are side effects.