antiretroviral
AIDS treatment drug
Antiretroviral describes drugs that combat retroviruses, particularly HIV.
These medications work by interfering with the virus's ability to replicate: antiretroviral therapy, antiretroviral treatment.
As a noun, an antiretroviral is one such drug: She takes several antiretrovirals daily.
The development of antiretrovirals transformed HIV from a death sentence into a manageable chronic condition.
Immune deficiency syndrome
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- CD4Immune cell coreceptor
- T-cellThymus-derived immune lymphocyte
- undetectableImpossible to notice
resistance · mutation · plasma · RNA · replication · suppression · latency · reservoir
Solid medicine dose
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
nucleoside · generic · brand-name · formulation · bioavailability · half-life · pharmacokinetics
Curative mental treatment
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- side-effectsSecondary, unintended outcomes
- pharmacotherapyTreatment using pharmaceutical agents
- monotherapyTreatment with one drug
first-line · second-line · switch · simplification · tolerability · toxicity · monitoring
Not brand-name
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- WHOUN health authority
- costRequired payment amount
- affordabilityState of being purchasable
stockout · supply-chain · distribution · pharmacy · clinic · prescription · advocacy · activism
HIV prevention medication
- prophylaxisPreventive medical treatment
- transmissionSending of information
- exposureState of being unprotected
- mother-to-childBetween parent and offspring
AIDS
Immune deficiency syndrome
undetectable · resistance · mutation · plasma · RNA · replication · suppression · latency · reservoir · tropism
pill
Solid medicine dose
regimen · nucleoside · generic · brand-name · formulation · bioavailability · half-life · pharmacokinetics
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- side-effectsSecondary, unintended outcomes
- pharmacotherapyTreatment using pharmaceutical agents
monotherapy · first-line · second-line · switch · simplification · tolerability · toxicity · monitoring
generic
Not brand-name
affordability · stockout · supply-chain · distribution · pharmacy · clinic · prescription · advocacy · activism · equity
PrEP
HIV prevention medication
- prophylaxisPreventive medical treatment
- transmissionSending of information
- exposureState of being unprotected
mother-to-child · harm-reduction · testing · counseling · awareness
- Medicinespill, tablet, aspirin, tablets, penicillin
- HIV/AIDSHIV, AIDS, AIDS crisis, AIDS quilt, AIDS epidemic
- STIschlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, herpes, syphilis