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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2006 Aug 5;368(9534):489–504. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69157-5

Table 2.

Antiretroviral drugs currently approved by US Food and Drug Administration

Entry Reverse transcriptase
Protease
Nucleoside Nucleotide Non-nucleoside
Single compound tablets Enfuvirtide Abacavir Tenofovir Delaviridine (Fos)-Amprenavir
Didanosine Efavirenz Atazanavir
Emtricitabine Nevirapine Darunavir
Lamivudine Indinavir
Stavudine Nelfinavir
Zalcitabine Ritonavir
Zidovudine Saquinavir
Tripanavir
Fixed-dose combination tablets Abacavir/lamivudine (Epzicom) Lopinavir/ritonavir
Zidovudine/lamivudine (Combivir)
Tenofovir/emtricitabine (Truvada)
Abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine (Trizavir)
Tenofovir/emtricitabine/efavirenz (Atripla)

Drugs belong to five drug classes and target three dir erent viral steps (entry, reverse transcription, or protease). Availability of these drugs in resource-limited countries is subject to country specific licensing agreements.