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zidovudine
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zidovudine

Antiviral drug used in the treatment of AIDS; see AZT.



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The first anti-HIV drug was AZT (also known as azidothymidine, zidovudine [ZDV], and Retrovir), which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in 1987 for treatment of AIDS, and in 1990 as a prophylactic in HIV positive people to delay the onset of AIDS.
The efficacy of azidothymidine (AZT) in the treatment of patients with AIDS and AIDS-related complex.
Mitsuya's research led to the discovery of azidothymidine (AZT), dideoxyinosine (ddI) and dideoxycytidine (ddC), drugs with formidable potency against HIV.
 
 
 
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