AZT

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Retrovir zidovudine ZDV azidothymidine zidovudin aztec lithium morphine laudanum codeine methadone ibuprofen acetaminophen cortisone streptomycin
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Hypernyms

NRTI nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

Phrases with the word

retrovir-azt

Examples

According to Quincy Troupe by that time Davis was taking azidothymidine (AZT), a type of antiretroviral drug used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Source: Internet

Among HIV-infected patients who had not yet developed AIDS, placebo-controlled trials found that AZT given as single-drug therapy delayed, for a year or two, the onset of AIDS-related illnesses. Source: Internet

Significantly, long-term follow-up of these trials did not show a prolonged benefit of AZT, but also did not indicate that the drug increased disease progression or mortality. Source: Internet

AZT, however, was only in the clinical trials stage within the US. Source: Internet

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