Sentences with phrase «drug zidovudine»

The AIDS programme's successes include the Concorde trial, which showed that the drug zidovudine (AZT) can not delay the onset of AIDS in HIV - positive people without symptoms, or increase their life expectancy.

One case is a clinical trial of the drug Zidovudine, a medication that was 75 percent effective in preventing HIV positive mothers from transmitting the disease to their unborn children.

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less than or equal to lamivudine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Antiretroviral therapy, usually means 1 - 2 drugs, used in early studies Antiretroviral zidovudine (also known as ZDV) Breastfeeding Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Breastfeeding and HIV International Transmission Study Combined antiretroviral therapy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Deoxyribonucleic Acid Exclusive Breastfeeding Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay Food and Agrigulture Organization Fixed dose combination ART, e.g., lamividine, stavudine, and nevirapine Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, 3 or more drugs for more effective treatment used in later studies Human Immunodeficiency virus International Atomic Energy Agency Infant feeding Infant and young child feeding Lopinavir cubic millimetre Mother - to - Child Transmission of HIV Non-governmental organization Nevirapine Polymerase Chain Reaction People Living with HIV Prevention of Mother - to - Child Transmission Replacement Feeding Ritonavir Ribonucleic acid, one of the three major macromolecules (along with DNA and proteins) that are essential for all known forms of life single dose NVP United Nations Agencies Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS United Nations Population Fund United Nations Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Children's Fund U.S. Agency for International Development World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action United Nations World Food Programme World Health Assembly WHO 2010 Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding World Health Organization Zidovudine (same drzidovudine (also known as ZDV) Breastfeeding Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Breastfeeding and HIV International Transmission Study Combined antiretroviral therapy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Deoxyribonucleic Acid Exclusive Breastfeeding Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay Food and Agrigulture Organization Fixed dose combination ART, e.g., lamividine, stavudine, and nevirapine Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, 3 or more drugs for more effective treatment used in later studies Human Immunodeficiency virus International Atomic Energy Agency Infant feeding Infant and young child feeding Lopinavir cubic millimetre Mother - to - Child Transmission of HIV Non-governmental organization Nevirapine Polymerase Chain Reaction People Living with HIV Prevention of Mother - to - Child Transmission Replacement Feeding Ritonavir Ribonucleic acid, one of the three major macromolecules (along with DNA and proteins) that are essential for all known forms of life single dose NVP United Nations Agencies Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS United Nations Population Fund United Nations Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Children's Fund U.S. Agency for International Development World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action United Nations World Food Programme World Health Assembly WHO 2010 Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding World Health Organization Zidovudine (same drZidovudine (same drug as AZT)

Early work by scientists at the NIH led to the discovery that the drug AZT (zidovudine) slows the progression of AIDS.

AZT (zidovudine), the first antiretroviral drug, becomes available to treat HIV sufferers after a successful clinical trial.

Like zidovudine, ddI and ddC, the three existing antiviral drugs used to treat HIV, PMEA is a modified form of one of the building blocks of DNA.

Steve Schnittman of the NIH told a research meeting in Albuquerque that because there are now several drugs to treat HIV, studies of zidovudine alone are «not relevant in 1993».

Most American trials of AZT (zidovudine) were stopped early for ethical reasons, so data on the drug's long - term effects have been scarce until now.

The drug, which works similarly to zidovudine (AZT) and ddI, is only for use in combination with zidovudine.

When atazanavir was used with newer drugs, such as tenofovir or emtricitabine, the risk of birth defects remained higher, but there was no significant elevation in risk when atazanavir was used with older ARV drugs like zidovudine or lamivudine.

Discouraged by recent findings that antiviral drugs such as zidovudine (AZT), ddI and ddC are less effective than had been hoped, many people with HIV, and their doctors, are now confused about how and when to use them.

The first anti-HIV drug, AZT (also known as zidovudine) was developed and approved in 1987.