Glossary

antibiotic – drug used to treat bacterial infections. Sometimes they work against other kinds of infection.

TD (or tid) – a short hand term for medication dosing that means ‘take three times a day’.

See also q8H.

ARV – a drug that works against a retrovirus, eg treatment for HIV. See: antiretroviral.

NHL (Non-Hodgkins lymphoma) – a type of lymph cancer.

Cancer: lymphoma and sarcoma

ritonavir – a protease inhibitor (PI) that is now used boost levels of some other  HIV drugs, especially other PIs.