Zidovudine

Zidovudine is a specific antiretroviral active pharmaceutical ingredient rather than an independent therapeutic drug class; it belongs to the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor class

Zidovudine is a specific antiretroviral active pharmaceutical ingredient rather than an independent therapeutic drug class; it belongs to the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor class Clinically, it is utilized as part of combination antiretroviral regimens for the management of HIV-1 infection and as prophylaxis to prevent perinatal transmission from parent to infant

Functioning as a synthetic thymidine analog, the drug undergoes intracellular phosphorylation to compete with endogenous nucleotides, incorporating into viral DNA and terminating chain elongation by inhibiting the human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase enzyme

Functioning as a synthetic thymidine analog, the drug undergoes intracellular phosphorylation to compete with endogenous nucleotides, incorporating into viral DNA and terminating chain elongation by inhibiting the human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase enzyme Clinically, it is utilized as part of combination antiretroviral regimens for the management of HIV-1 infection and as prophylaxis to prevent perinatal transmission from parent to infant