Meanings
plural zalcitabines · alternative dideoxycytidine · alternative ddC · alternative DDC
- countableuncountablemedicineA drug C₉H₁₃N₃O₃ which inhibits the replication of HIV and is formerly used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with zidovudine. It is a synthetic analog of a pyrimidine nucleoside, acting as a reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
Patients received 600 mg/day of ritonavir (Abbott Laboratories) for 14 days, after which were added 600 mg/day of zidovudine (Retrovir, Glaxo-Wellcome) and 6 mg/day of zalcitabine (Hivid, Roche) with treatment maintenance for 12 months.
1997 July 4, B. Autran et al., “Positive Effects of Combined Antiretroviral Therapy on CD4 T Cell Homeostasis and Function in Advanced HIV Disease”, in Science, volume 277, number 5322, →DOI, pages 112–116
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection; a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI)
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Origin
From [Term?] + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).
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