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nevirapine

nevirapine

1 8.8
A medicine used to treat HIV that stops the virus from making copies
  • noun
  • /nəˈvɪrəˌpiːn/
  • Specialized
: nevirapina
  • An ideal regimen would preserve the low cost and simplicity of single-dose nevirapine while reducing or eliminating resistance.
  • dose of nevirapine
  • nevirapine prophylaxis
  • single-dose nevirapine

Examples

  • A better way to assess programs is to assume that nevirapine will be effective in reducing transmission in those who use it and concentrate on maximizing the proportion of HIV-1-exposed infants in the population that receive the drug.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The doctor prescribed nevirapine to help prevent the transmission of HIV during childbirth.

  • Whether the child is infant feeding or formula feeding, they still take nevirapine daily for six weeks.

  • There is just one thing that I'd like to thank Dr. Ngaba for... ...the free nevirapine.

  • Researchers must continue to seek better alternatives to nevirapine monoprophylaxis.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The proposal to provide nevirapine to women of unknown serostatus is not radical.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Indeed, the safety profile of single-dose nevirapine is at least as good as many of the other medications commonly used in mass-treatment campaigns.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The number of additional HIV-1 infections that could be averted by loosening the link between nevirapine and VCT can be estimated.

    Academic text (2003)
  • To meet this objective, it will be necessary in many settings to dissociate the complex business of expanding HIV-1 testing services from the simpler matter of providing nevirapine prophylaxis.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The Lusaka District programme is among the largest and most successful nevirapine-based MTCT-prevention services in the world; nearly 3,000 pregnant women are tested for HIV-1 infection each month.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

Viramune
vsnevirapine
  • Specialized
8.1

A medicine used to treat HIV and AIDS by stopping the virus from copying itself

is the generic name for the inhibitor rather than a branded form

Surface Forms

nevirapine singular
nevirapines plural

Etymology

Nevirapine is a modern medicine name made from small parts: the middle vir points to 'virus' and the ending -ine is a common drug ending, so a helpful way to remember it is to think 'never the virus'. So, nevirapine is an HIV drug that helps stop the virus by blocking an enzyme the virus needs.