nevirapine
- noun
- /nəˈvɪrəˌpiːn/
- Specialized
- 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
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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.
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The doctor prescribed nevirapine to help prevent the transmission of HIV during childbirth.
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Whether the child is infant feeding or formula feeding, they still take nevirapine daily for six weeks.
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There is just one thing that I'd like to thank Dr. Ngaba for... ...the free nevirapine.
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Researchers must continue to seek better alternatives to nevirapine monoprophylaxis.
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The proposal to provide nevirapine to women of unknown serostatus is not radical.
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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.
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The number of additional HIV-1 infections that could be averted by loosening the link between nevirapine and VCT can be estimated.
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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.
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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.
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Synonyms
A medicine used to treat HIV and AIDS by stopping the virus from copying itself
Surface Forms
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.