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saquinavir::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | invirase |
| Type of | pi, protease inhibitor |
Examples of saquinavir
saquinavir
Saquinavir, a new type of protease inhibitor drug, becomes available to treat HIV.
From the newscientist.com
The mutants retained sensitivity to the early protease inhibitor saquinavir.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Then the FDA approved a new medication called saquinavir.
From the time.com
The blood levels of saquinavir are dramatically lowered.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A team led by Stephen Piscitelli and Judith Falloon gave saquinavir to nine volunteers who did not have HIV.
From the newscientist.com
They showed that administration of two protease inhibitor drugs, indinavir and saquinavir, greatly reduced the growth of KS lesions in mice.
From the nature.com
Garlic supplements can halve blood levels of the protease inhibitor saquinavir, say researchers at the US National Institutes of Health.
From the newscientist.com
The drug in question is saquinavir, one of a class known as protease inhibitors, which revolutionised the treatment of AIDS when they were introduced in 1996.
From the economist.com
When the researchers administered the anti-HIV drug saquinavir to these mice when they were pregnant, the fetuses got five to seven times as much of the drug as normal.
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When they also took garlic capsules twice a day, the levels of saquinavir in their blood dropped by half, the researchers report in this week's online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
From the newscientist.com
- A weak protease inhibitor (trade name Invirase) used in treating HIV
- Saquinavir is an antiretroviral drug used in HIV therapy. It falls in the protease inhibitor class. Two formulations have been marketed: *a hard-gel capsule formulation of the mesylate, with trade name Invirase, which requires combination with ritonavir to increase the saquinavir bioavailability;
- A protease inhibitor drug, the first in its class to be FDA-approved for the treatment of HIV disease. Current practice favors the use of saquinavir in combination therapy (e.g., with nucleoside analog drugs) to avoid the development of drug-resistant virus.
- A protease inhibitor drug made by Hoffman-LaRoche.
