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Pharmacology - Nevirapine
How Nevirapine Works: It stops the AIDS virus's HIV reverse transcriptase from working.
It works on HIV-1 but not on HIV-2.
How it works
It binds to the virus reverse transcriptase enzyme and breaks it down.
Given by mouth; the level in the cerebrospinal fluid is 45% of the level in the plasma.
Use in Medicine
HIV-1 infection while taking other antiretrovirals. Can cut the risk of passing the virus from mother to baby by about 50%.
Bad Side Effects
Harm to the liver. Itchy skin, Stevens-Johnson syndrome. GIT problems and myalgia are less common.
Effavirenz can make it hard to sleep and think.
How Nevirapine Works: It stops the AIDS virus's HIV reverse transcriptase from working.
It works on HIV-1 but not on HIV-2.
How it works
It binds to the virus reverse transcriptase enzyme and breaks it down.
Given by mouth; the level in the cerebrospinal fluid is 45% of the level in the plasma.
Use in Medicine
HIV-1 infection while taking other antiretrovirals. Can cut the risk of passing the virus from mother to baby by about 50%.
Bad Side Effects
Harm to the liver. Itchy skin, Stevens-Johnson syndrome. GIT problems and myalgia are less common.
Effavirenz can make it hard to sleep and think.
How Nevirapine Works: It stops the AIDS virus's HIV reverse transcriptase from working.
It works on HIV-1 but not on HIV-2.
How it works
It binds to the virus reverse transcriptase enzyme and breaks it down.
Given by mouth; the level in the cerebrospinal fluid is 45% of the level in the plasma.
Use in Medicine
HIV-1 infection while taking other antiretrovirals. Can cut the risk of passing the virus from mother to baby by about 50%.
Bad Side Effects
Harm to the liver. Itchy skin, Stevens-Johnson syndrome. GIT problems and myalgia are less common.
Effavirenz can make it hard to sleep and think.
How Nevirapine Works: It stops the AIDS virus's HIV reverse transcriptase from working.
It works on HIV-1 but not on HIV-2.
How it works
It binds to the virus reverse transcriptase enzyme and breaks it down.
Given by mouth; the level in the cerebrospinal fluid is 45% of the level in the plasma.
Use in Medicine
HIV-1 infection while taking other antiretrovirals. Can cut the risk of passing the virus from mother to baby by about 50%.
Bad Side Effects
Harm to the liver. Itchy skin, Stevens-Johnson syndrome. GIT problems and myalgia are less common.
Effavirenz can make it hard to sleep and think.
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