ribavirin – drug used to boost the efficacy of pegylated interferon to treat hepatitis C. Given as twice-daily capsules.
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drug resistant (HIV) – HIV that is harder to treat because of genetic changes.
antepartum refers to the time during pregnancy before a baby is born. Antepartum refers to the mother.
See: intrapartum and postpartum.
viral rebound – when your viral load has been undetectable (under 50 copies/mL) and then becomes detectable. Sometimes viral rebound can be a lab error, sometimes a small temporary blip, and sometimes a real rebound that shows your virus may have developed resistance to one or more of the drugs in a combination treatment. See: virological failure.
BMI (body mass index) – a calculation using height and weight that is used to decide whether someone is over or under weight.