Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An antiretroviral drug, C8H11N3O3S, that is a nucleoside analog and inhibits replication of HIV by inhibiting reverse transcriptase.

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  • noun medicine A nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor, 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine that is used for the treatment of HIV and chronic hepatitis B

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  • noun a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably (methy)l + ami(no)– + -vudine, antiviral suff. (from zidovudine).]

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Examples

  • In addition to interferon, a drug called lamivudine also called 3TC or Epivir may be an effective option to treat your chronic HBV infection.

    DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001

  • The Caesar scientists gave a drug called lamivudine to 1,895 patients from around the world who were already taking zidovudine - also known as AZT, which is the first drug found to have a beneficial effect on HIV-positive patients, Lancet said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Mylan will make available its second-line antiretroviral treatments -- atazanavir, ritonavir, tenofovir and lamivudine.

    Pfizer, Mylan to Discount HIV Drugs 2009

  • The four drugs will be available in three pills, with tenofovir and lamivudine combined into a single pill, for $475 a year.

    Pfizer, Mylan to Discount HIV Drugs 2009

  • A cocktail of second-line treatments for adults -- combining tenofovir, lamivudine and lopinavir/ritonavir -- has been discounted to about $659 a year, down from prevalent market prices ranging from $1,000 to more than $4,000 a year in low - and middle-income countries, respectively, said Anil Soni, the Clinton foundation's chief operating officer.

    Clinton Foundation, Unitaid Strike 2008

  • Clinton added the this new line of AIDS treatment is made affordable through a reduction in the prices of first line treatment that combines the drugs tenofovir, lamivudine and efavirenz.

    Clinton bats for reduced prices for HIV/AIDS pills 2007

  • Combivir made by Britain's GlaxoSmithKline PLC contains lamivudine and zidovudine.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • SIMBA treated 397 infants in Rwanda and Kampala with a syrup containing either lamivudine or nevirapine -- both powerful antiretroviral drugs -- during a three - to four-month period of breastfeeding and the month subsequent to weaning.

    Periscope 2007

  • Aspen's package includes one pill that is the generic equivalent of Combivir made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC of the United Kingdom and contains two drugs, lamivudine and zidovudine.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Cipla's Triomune, which combines lamivudine, stavudine and nevirapine in a single tablet, were carried out in compliance with required standards.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

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