Zidovudine

/zˈɪdəvjˌuːdiːn/

Zidovudine

an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow

synonyms : AZT

Examples

1. The drugs were two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, which was lamivudine, and then stavudine or zidovudine.

2. And we're only looking at that actual substitution within that one class of stavudine, zidovudine, and tenofovir.

3. Drugs that belong to this group include Abacavir, Emtricitabine, Lamivudine, Tenofovir, and Zidovudine.

4. So stavudine and zidovudine are the two older drugs that were of interest in this analysis.