HIV & AIDS
New drug adds to arsenal against AIDS
A new drug, rilpivirine, can add powerfully to the combination of medications used to control HIV for first-time patients, researchers conclude in Friday's issue of The Lancet.
Jul 15, 2011
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News tagged with nevirapine
HIV & AIDS
Researchers find that pre-existing mutations can lead to drug resistance in HIV virus
In a critical step that may lead to more effective HIV treatments, Harvard scientists have found that, in a small number of HIV patients, pre-existing mutations in the virus can cause it to develop resistance to the drugs ...
Jun 7, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Nevirapine based treatment is effective in African women, but not optimal
(Medical Xpress) -- According to new research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), an anti-AIDS treatment regimen, which includes the WHO-recommended drug nevirapine, is just as effective at suppressing the HIV virus ...
Jun 12, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Antiretroviral regimen associated with less virological failure among HIV-infected children
Elizabeth D. Lowenthal, M.D., M.S.C.E., of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues conducted a study to determine whether there was a difference in ...
Apr 30, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
US baby 'cured' of HIV: The experts respond
US doctors have reported that, for the first time ever, a baby has been cured of HIV following drug treatment within hours of her birth.
Mar 4, 2013
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Nevirapine
Nevirapine, also marketed under the trade name Viramune (Boehringer Ingelheim), is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) used to treat HIV-1 infection and AIDS.
As with other antiretroviral drugs, HIV rapidly develops resistance if nevirapine is used alone, so recommended therapy consists of combinations of three or more antiretrovirals.
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