DRUGS USED IN HOOKWORM INFECTION
DRUGS USED IN HOOKWORM INFECTION :: Ancyclostoma duodenale and Necator americans are…
IVERMECTIN
IVERMECTIN :: It is drug of choice for onchocerciasis and round worm infection it ac…
DRUGS ACTING ON ROUNDWORMS AND THREADWORMS
DRUGS ACTING ON ROUNDWORMS AND THREADWORMS :: Common rounnd worm is Ascaris lumbrico…
PYRANTEL PALMOATE
PYRANTEL PALMOATE :: It acts by depolarising the helminth neuromuscular junction cau…
BROAD SPECTRUM ANTHELMINTICS
BROAD SPECTRUM ANTHELMINTICS :: Mebendazole :: It is highly effective against ascari…
CLASSIFICATION ANTHELMINTHIC DRUGS
CLASSIFICATION ANTHELMINTHIC DRUGS :: Anthelminthic drugs may be classified according…
THE PRINCIPAL WORMS WHICH LIVE IN THE TISSUES OF THE HOST ARE
THE PRINCIPAL WORMS WHICH LIVE IN THE TISSUES OF THE HOST ARE :: (A) Trematodes or Fl…
CHEMOTHERAPY OF HELMINTHIASIS
CHEMOTHERAPY OF HELMINTHIASIS :: Anthelmintics are the drugs used to eradicate or red…
INTERFERONS
INTERFERONS :: These are inducible proteinous substances released from the host cells…
RITONAVIR
RITONAVIR :: It peptidomimetic HIV protease inhibitor Also metabolised by CYP2D6 98% …
HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS
HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS :: Hiv protease inhibitors are peptide like chemicals that co…
ENFLUVIRTIDE
ENFLUVIRTIDE :: Enfuvirtide is the only available HIV entry inhibitor it is 36 amino …
STAVUDINE
STAVUDINE :: (D4T-2.3-Dideoxy 2.3-didehydro Thymidine) CSF level reaches~55% of the p…
ZIDOVUDINE
ZIDOVUDINE :: It was first synthesized in a search for anticancer drugs In 1985 Mitsu…
FAMCICLOVIR AND PENCICLOVIR
FAMCICLOVIR AND PENCICLOVIR :: Famciclovir is diocethl ester prodrug of 6-deoxy penci…
CIDOFOVIR
CIDOFOVIR :: It is 1-[(s)-3-hydroxy-2-(phosphoromethoxy)-propyl] cytosine dihydrate c…
ACYCLOVIR ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY
ACYCLOVIR ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY :: The antiviral activity of acyclovir is restricted to …
ACYCLOVIR AND VANCYCLOVIR
ACYCLOVIR AND VANCYCLOVIR :: It is a synthetic purine nucleoside analogue ,9-[(2-hydr…
TRIFLURIDINE
TRIFLURIDINE :: It is a fluorinated pyrimidine deoxynucleoside that inhibits viral DN…
VIDARABINE
VIDARABINE :: It is arabinofuranosyl adenine ara-A-adenine arabinase It is the least …
IDOXURIDINE
IDOXURIDINE :: This compound is chemically closely related to thymidine (one of the c…
ADVERSE REACTIONS
ADVERSE REACTIONS :: Administration of virazide for prolonged periods of time at high…
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