Glossary

BI – budding inhibitor. Class of HIV drug.

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome – see: IRIS

lipoatrophy – fat loss in your arms, legs or face. Lipoatrophy is a type of lipodystrophy.

hepatic encephalopathy – brain disease that occurs when serious liver damage prevents toxic substances from being flitered out of the blood, and they enter the brain. See encephalopathy.

open label – this means that a patient in a trial knows which treatment they are taking.