Definition of antiretroviral
: acting, used, or effective against retroviruses antiretroviral drugs antiretroviral therapy
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This reflects the successful promulgation of antiretroviral drugs in almost all parts of the world to those already infected.
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The Trump administration has proposed cutting one-fifth of the funds used for buying antiretroviral drugs for people infected with H.I.V., a program that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives on the continent.
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Thanks to the success of lifesaving antiretroviral medication pioneered 20 years ago and years of research and education, most H.I.V.-positive people today can lead long, healthy lives.
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Many of them, such as Family Health Options Kenya, offer a range of services, from antiretroviral treatment to contraceptive distribution and abortion counseling.
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Antiretroviral therapy involves a combination of three or more drugs that prevents HIV from replicating in a bid to prevent damage to the body's immune system.
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A Lancet study finds a 20-year-old who begins treatment for HIV today can live to an estimated 78 years due in part to advances in antiretroviral therapy, reports the BBC.
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For instance, the antiretroviral AZT, which turned AIDS from a deadly global pandemic into a manageable disease, was derived from an obscure Caribbean coral reef sponge discovered in 1949.
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And while the cost of antiretroviral treatments have plummeted in the last two decades to less than $100 per person per year, condoms can be produced for less than a penny each.
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First Known Use of antiretroviral
1979
Medical Dictionary
anti–retroviral
Medical Definition of antiretroviral
: acting, used, or effective against retroviruses All four drugs, which inhibit HIV protease and thus interfere with viral maturation and replication, are the most potent antiretroviral agents available to treat patients with HIV disease.—The Journal of the American Medical Association, 20 Nov. 1996 antiretroviral therapy—see highly active antiretroviral therapy
antiretroviral
anti–retroviral
Medical Definition of antiretroviral
: an agent effective against retroviruses Current anti-HIV drugs, or antiretrovirals, bind to specific HIV enzymes and impede their activity.—Douglas D. Richman, Scientific American, July 1998
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