antiviral agents – Flashcards

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fusion inhibitor
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docosanol
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docosanol use
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active against lipid enveloped viruses
topical cream for herpes in immunocompetent pts
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docosanol moa
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interferes with virl fusion to host cell membrane
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uncoating inhibitor
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rimantidine
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rimantadine use
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treatment of influenza A virus infections
must be taken quickly after onset of symptoms
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rimantadine moa
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blocks M2 H+ channel and prevents virus membrane uncoating
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inhibitors of reverse transcriptase
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AZT
3TC
entecavir
nevirapine and efavirenz
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AZT use
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used in combo to treat HIV infection
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AZT moa
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gets incorporated into viral DNA
cannot be added on to
terminates viral DNA
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AZT stands for
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azidothymidine
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AZT replaces which base?
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thymine
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3TC stands for
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3-thiocytidine
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3TC replaces ___ base
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cytidine
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3TC use
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in combo with other anti-HIV drugs
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3TC moa
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incorporated into viral DNA then terminates chain
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non-nucleoside Reverse transcriptase inhibitors
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nevirapine
efavirenz
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nevirapine and efavirenz use
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combo with other anti-HIV drugs
only against HIV-1, not effective against HIV-2
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nevirapine and efavirenz moa
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inhibition of reverse transcriptase by binding to non-active site and causing structural change
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nevirapine and efavirenz resistance
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common
must be used with other drugs
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integrase inhibitor
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raltegravir
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raltegravir use
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for protease inhibitor HIV resistant strains
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raltegravir moa
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inhibits catalytic activity of HIV-1 integrase
stops provirus formation
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inhibitor of viral dna-dependent dna polymerase
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acyclovir
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acyclovir use
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anti herpes agent
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acyclovir moa
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incorporated into viral dna and terminates chain
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inhibitor of viral rna-dependent rna polymerase
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ribavarin
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ribavarin use
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used with interferon to treat hep c
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ribavirin moa
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causes abundant lethal mutations to viral dna
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inhibitor of viral protein synthesis
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interferon
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interferon use
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treating chronic hep b and c
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interferon moa
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stimulating degradation of ssrna and inactivation of protein synthesis machinery
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inhibitors of viral assembly - hiv protease inhibitors
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indinavir
nelfinavir
atazanzvir
saquinavir
ritonavir
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HIV protease inhibitors use
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combo therapy
anti-hiv
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hiv protease inhibitor moa
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bind to active site of protease resulting in inhibition of viral assembly
formed viruses are noninfective
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viral release inhibitors
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oseltamivir
zanamivir
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oseltamivir and zanamivir use
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influenze a and b treatment and prophylaxis
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oseltamivir and zanamivir moa
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blocks releasing mechanism of virion during budding
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