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. 2013 Jul;3(7):515–522. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60106-9

Table 1. Some of the anti-retroviral drugs prescribed in the treatment of HIV infection.

Drugs Action mechanism
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Zidovudine Triphosphate derivatives
Stavudine Viral DNA integration
Lamivudine, Didanosine, Zalcitabine, Abacavir Termination of Viral DNA Synthesis
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Nevirapine Viral DNA polymerase inhibition
Efavirenz, Delavirdine For inactivation of HIV-2 (hence some types are intrinsically resistant to NRTIs)
Protease inhibitors
Saquinavir, Ritonavir, Indinavir Nelfinavir, Amprenavir, Lopinavir Deactivate the HIV-1 protease by binding to the active site
Fusion inhibitors
Enfuvirtide Glycoprotein 41–dependent membrane fusion