What鈥檚 the AIDS drug azidothymine better known as?

that is AZT

AZT or "Retrovir". Its also used in some leukemia treatments - it isn't just for AIDS.

AZT is the trivia answer

AZT ....works

AZT is your Radio Trivia Answer

Zidovudine (INN) or azidothymidine (AZT) (also called ZDV) is an antiretroviral drug, the first one approved for treatment of HIV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZT

AZT
*********
Gertrude Belle Elion
1918-1998 **

Elion synthesized and developed, at the Burroughs Wellcome Research Laboratories, two of the first successful drugs for the treatment of leukemia (thioguanine and mercaptopurine), as well as azathioprine, an agent to prevent the rejection of kidney transplants. She played a major role in developing allopurinol for the treatment of gout, and acyclovir (ACV), the first selective antiviral agent against herpes virus infections. Breakthroughs by Elion's team led others at Burroughs Wellcome to develop azidothymine (AZT), used to treat acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

AZT

AZT is the answer for the us99 trivia question

AZT works for radio trivia

AZT

`AZT`: This rapid evolution is repeated with virtually all other antiretroviral drugs when given singly, including the inexpensive antiviral drugs zidovudine (azidothymine, AZT), lamivudine (3TC), didanosine (ddI) and protease inhibitors like indinavir (20-24).
http://www.mindfully.org/Sustainability/...

AZT

ATZ