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Subject: GLOSSARY (i)
Date: November 1989 from BETA #3 and BETA #4 (9 items)

IDU:

Injection drug user(s).

immunoglobulin:

One of a family of closely related proteins that can act as antibodies.

immunomodulating:

A therapy that attempts to reconstruct or enhance a damaged immune system.

IM:

Intramuscular.

IND status:

Investigational new drug status. Certain drugs are available on a case by case basis through this mechanism.

intravenous:

Within or into the veins. Intravenous drugs are injected directly into the veins.

isolate:

Different strains of HIV.

ITP:

Idiopathic thrombocytopenia. Idiopathic means that the disorder is of unknown origin. (See also thrombocytopenia).

IV:

Intravenous. Generally used to indicate the reception of liquids through a tube connected to a vein in the patient, or to the reception of liquids directly from a hypodermic needle.