antiretroviral
المضاد للفيروسات القهقرية
definition
noun
Prescriptions were written for a variety of antiretrovirals , antibiotics, antidepressants, and appetite enhancers.
an antiretroviral drug.
adjective
antiretroviral therapy
working against or targeted against retroviruses, especially HIV.
example
The new Guidelines provide practitioners with a list of suggested combination regimens for the initiation of 'antiretroviral' therapy.
There are three main classes of 'antiretroviral' drug.
The first choice of regimen of highly active 'antiretroviral' therapy is crucial.
Nevertheless, it is not advisable to begin both 'antiretroviral' therapy and combination chemotherapy for tuberculosis at nearly the same time.
It is likely that future recommendations on mode of delivery will vary depending on the patient's viral load and prior 'antiretroviral' therapy.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence for increasing numbers of drugs in 'antiretroviral' combination therapy
An estimated six million people currently living with HIV or AIDS do not have access to care, including 'antiretroviral' therapy.
In two of the 10 cases, resistance against two of the three available classes of 'antiretroviral' agents was identified.
Failure to identify primary HIV infection denies patients the opportunity of receiving potent 'antiretroviral' therapy at the time of HIV seroconversion.
Advances in 'antiretroviral' drug therapies now make it possible to treat the disease.
Included are recommendations about when to begin 'antiretroviral' therapy, what therapy to use, how to monitor the therapy and when to change therapy.
Clinicians consider immune reconstitution syndrome whenever the patient on 'antiretroviral' therapy deteriorates after initial response.
Immune reconstitution disease is a well known complication of highly active 'antiretroviral' therapy.
Furthermore, 'antiretroviral' therapy may be less effective or less well tolerated in some patients who present with more advanced disease.
The prevalence of adverse events related to these drugs may rise as the use of 'antiretroviral' therapy increases.
Three classes of 'antiretroviral' drugs are currently used in combination for the treatment of HIV infection, which target the activity of two viral enzymes.
Should someone who has just been found to have a primary infection with HIV be treated with highly active 'antiretroviral' therapy?
Long term probability of detection of HIV - 1 drug resistance after starting 'antiretroviral' therapy in routine clinical practice.
Patients who were prescribed 'antiretroviral' therapy were seen four weeks after starting treatment, and then every 12 weeks.
Other explanations include the possibility that three or four drug 'antiretroviral' therapy is not started early enough in infants.
Generic drug manufacturers in countries such as India are already ahead in the race to produce triple fixed dose 'antiretrovirals' , because they can copy patented drugs produced by different companies and combine them.
Medical staff interested in prescribing 'antiretrovirals' were sent on training courses in Durban.
One of the strategies adopted consists in utilizing combinations of fixed doses of generic 'antiretrovirals' , involving three medicinal drugs of two different classes in the same tablet.
Due to major reduction in prices of 'antiretrovirals' , these drugs are now available in many countries.
We need dedicated adolescent services to minimise loss to follow up, encourage adherence to treatment with 'antiretrovirals' and prevent transmission of drug resistant virus.
In Brazil, Thailand and India there are companies that can produce generic versions of many drugs including 'antiretrovirals' .
Boxes of medicines, varying from children's syrup to Viagra and 'antiretrovirals' , were found in the warehouse.
Drug development, especially for 'antiretrovirals' , is an uncertain and risky venture.
The production process is far more complicated than that of other 'antiretrovirals' , making the wholesale cost of the drug approximately $20,000 per patient per year.
Botswana has also been successful in getting funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Harvard School of Public Health, and Merck, one of the drug companies making 'antiretrovirals' .
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