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Encyclopedia > List of antiviral drugs
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This is a list of antiviral drugs.


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Categories: Antivirals | Biology stubs ... Aciclovir (INN) or aciclovir (USAN), marketed as Zovirax®, is one of the main antiviral drugs. ... Jump to: navigation, search Amantadine, 1-aminoadamantane, is an antiviral drug that was approved by the FDA in 1976 for the treatment of influenza type A in adults. ...

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Didanosine (2-3-dideoxyinosine,ddI) differs from other nucleoside analogues, because it does not have any of the regular bases, instead it has hypoxanthine attached to the sugar ring. ...

E

Emtricitabine is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) for the treatment of HIV infection in adults. ... Enfuvirtide is a novel antiretroviral drug used in combination therapy for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. ... Entecavir (commercial name Baraclude) is an oral antiviral drug discovered at the pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb; it is designed to selectively inhibit the Hepatitis B virus, blocking all three steps in the replication process. ...

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Lamivudine(2-3-dideoxy-3-thiacytidine, 3TC) is a potent reverse transcriptase inhibitor. ...

N

Nevirapine is a controversial AIDS drug. ...

R

Ribavirin (Copegus®; Rebetol®) is an anti-viral drug active against a number of DNA and RNA viruses. ...

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Stavudine (2-3-didehydro-2-3-dideoxythymidine, d4T) is a thymidine analogue active against HIV. It is phosphorylated by cellular kinases into active triphosphate. ...

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Valaciclovir (INN) or valacyclovir (USAN) is an antiviral drug used in the management of herpes simplex. ...

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Antiviral drug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2012 words)
Antiviral drugs are a class of medication used specifically for treating viral infections.
Most of the antivirals now available are designed to help deal with HIV; herpesvirus, which are best known for causing cold sores but actually cover a wide range of diseases; and the hepatitis B and C viruses, which can cause liver cancer.
Two drugs named zanamivir and oseltamivir that have been recently introduced to treat influenza prevent the release of viral particles by blocking a molecule named neuraminidase that is found on the surface of flu viruses, and also seems to be constant across a wide range of flu strains.
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