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Retrovir Information

What's inside Retrovir

Retrovir Active Ingredients: zidovudine, details.
Retrovir Dosages & Strengths
Strength Format Route Strength Class
Retrovir 300 mg tablet oral 1.0 each OTC
Retrovir 100 mg capsule oral 1.0 each OTC
Retrovir 10 mg/mL solution intravenous 1.0 milliliter(s) OTC
Retrovir 50 mg/5 mL syrup oral 5.0 milliliter(s) OTC

Retrovir in the News

Two cousins who killed uncle blame drugs - Legalbrief (subscription)
In his affidavit, Jonathan said they were heavily under the influence of cocaine and had also smoked two to three boxes of Retrovir tablets, a drug used to ...
Fri Mar 07 06:41:03 -0500 2008

Sir Alfred Shepperd - Telegraph.co.uk
Wellcome's shares rocketed as a result, but Shepperd had to face down criticism of the initial high price of Retrovir, which provoked demonstrations and ...
Tue Oct 30 17:57:20 -0400 2007

Are Your Drugs Safe? - U.S. News & World Report
Last year, Indian firms won Food and Drug Administration approval to import more than 100 generic drugs, including a version of the anti-HIV drug Retrovir. ...
Fri Oct 05 10:37:45 -0400 2007


Retrovir Chemical Information

zidovudine - A synthetic dideoxynucleoside. After intracellular phosphorylation to its active metabolite, zidovudine inhibits DNA polymerase, resulting in the inhibition of DNA replication and cell death. This agent also decreases levels of available pyrimidines. (NCI04)



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