Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A non-nucleoside antiretroviral drug that inhibits reverse transcriptase, used to treat HIV infection.
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- noun A non-
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used in treatment of type-1 HIV, having the chemical formula C14H9ClF3NO2
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The study showed that both sex and genetic differences between individuals influence the way in which the body metabolises efavirenz, which is part of some anti-HIV / AIDS drugs.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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The agency also said people who failed therapy with Edurant developed more drug resistance than patients who failed efavirenz.
New Drug Shown To Reduce HIV Level Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Fewer patients stopped taking the drug due to side effects as compared with patients taking efavirenz.
New Drug Shown To Reduce HIV Level Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Both Edurant and efavirenz were given in combination with other antiretroviral drugs.
New Drug Shown To Reduce HIV Level Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Among patients receiving Edurant, 83% of them had an undectable amount of HIV in their blood after 48 weeks of treatment compared with 80% of patients receiving efavirenz.
New Drug Shown To Reduce HIV Level Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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The studies compared Edurant to efavirenz, another HIV drug.
New Drug Shown To Reduce HIV Level Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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The study showed Edurant was as effective as efavirenz in lowering viral load, the FDA said.
New Drug Shown To Reduce HIV Level Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Relapse to dding between efaroxan studies were efavirenz agree.
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The government estimates that the use of generic efavirenz will enable it to provide this anti-AIDS medicine to an additional 20,000 people, as compared to using the pharmaceutical giant Merck's branded version (called Stocrin).
Mark Weisbrot: Drug Patent Rules Must Allow Exceptions for Public Health 2008
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Two were anti-AIDS drugs (efavirenz and lopinavir/ritonavir) and the third is used to treat patients with cardio-vascular disease (clopidogrel).
Mark Weisbrot: Drug Patent Rules Must Allow Exceptions for Public Health 2008
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