NRTI – Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor, a type of HIV drug – also called ‘nuke’ or ‘nucleoside analogue’.
3TC (lamivudine). abacavir, AZT, FTC (emtricitabine), d4T (stavudine), ddI (didanosine) all belong to this class.
Tenofovir DF and tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) are a nucleotide analogues which is similar enough to be counted as part of this class.
Drug targets in the virus life cycle.
asymptomatic – showing no signs of illness.
SC (sub-cutaneous) – under the skin. See IV (intravenous) and IM (intra-muscular).
ribavirin – drug used to boost the efficacy of pegylated interferon to treat hepatitis C. Given as twice-daily capsules.
thrombocytopenia – a low platelet count (platelets help stop bleeding by clotting blood).
