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.
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NHL (Non-Hodgkins lymphoma) – a type of lymph cancer.
high level resistance – when an HIV drug no longer works against the virus.
active – an active drug is a drug that still works to reduce viral load. The virus is still sensitive to that drug.
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome – see: IRIS