raltegravir
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- noun
- /rælˈtɛɡrəvɪr/
- Specialized
- Doctors prescribe raltegravir to help patients control their HIV infection more effectively.
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Merck's MK-0518, known as raltegravir, has recently become the first FDA-approved HIV-1 integrase (IN) inhibitor and has since risen to blockbuster drug status.
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If our predictions prove to be correct, these candidate drugs will probably fail to replace raltegravir.
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This is virtually the same binding pocket as that of raltegravir.
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Even with this resistance profile, raltegravir has been the target of an excessive amount of me-too research and development over the last two years.
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However, we saw here that only raltegravir interacted with E92.
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Specifically, mutations causing invulnerability to raltegravir have been shown to contribute to an almost 25% virological failure rate within 48 months of treatment.
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The introduction of raltegravir has changed the landscape of HIV treatment for many patients.
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Patients reported fewer side effects after switching to raltegravir from their previous medication.
Synonyms
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A medicine that stops viruses from growing in the body
Surface Forms
Etymology
Raltegravir is easy to remember if you notice the part -tegravir, which sounds like the word integrate meaning 'to join'. So raltegravir is a medicine that stops HIV from joining its genes into human cells, and this stops the virus from making more copies.