Inhibitor drugs are medications that slow down or block certain processes in our bodies, such as enzymes or proteins. They help to control or stop the activity of these substances so they can't cause unwanted effects or diseases. Full definition
Speaking of checkpoint inhibitor drugs... Merck's star cancer immunotherapy treatment Keytruda is facing some troubling clinical trial incidents which have now compelled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to halt three studies of the drug in multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, after a number of patient deaths. (fortune.com)
No problem — pop a gut - killing proton - pump inhibitor drug such as Prevacid, Protonix, or Nexium. (mindbodygreen.com)
An HIV strain resistant to all protease inhibitor drugs currently on the market turns up in San Francisco. (newscientist.com)