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Can some one please tell me what is the meaning of antiretroviral drugs used in the treatment of aids?


Can some one please tell me what is the meaning of antiretroviral drugs used in the treatment of aids?

an anti-retroviral is any drug that is effective against a retrovirus, some use the same method as attacking a normal virus, others use retrovirus specific methods.

Here are some well known examples, there are many more:

a retrovirus is one that has an RNA genome, but once inside the cell, it copies it's RNA genome to a dsDNA genome which can be inserted into animal (human) DNA as a survival mechanism, some antiretrovirals attempt to block this action by inhibiting the enzyme (reverse transcriptase) responsible for RNA---> DNA conversion.

integrase inhibitors inhibit integrase an enzyme responsible for integration of viral DNA into the host DNA.

protease inhibitors inhibit protease; a protein responsible for the cleavage of newly synthesized virus proteins into functional virus proteins.

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