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Ribavirin's amide group can make the native nucleoside drug resemble adenosine or guanosine, depending on its rotation. For this reason, when ribavirin is incorporated into RNA, as a base analog of either adenine or guanine, it pairs equally well with either uracil or cytosine, inducing mutations in RNA-dependent replication in RNA viruses ...
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However, ribavirin, a medication that is often given together with sofosbuvir to treat hepatitis C, is assigned a Pregnancy Category X (contraindicated in pregnancy) by the FDA. [22] Pregnant women with hepatitis C who take ribavirin have shown some cases of birth defects and death in their fetus. [23]
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California doctors were bribed to prescribe a pain-relief concoction as part of a $25 million workers' compensation scam that inadvertently caused a baby's death ...
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( July 2015 ) Drugs or medicines may be withdrawn from commercial markets because of risks to patients, but also because of commercial reasons (e.g. lack of demand and relatively high production costs).
The Inflation Reduction Act also expanded Medicare’s Extra Help program, to provide additional funds for those who need additional help paying for Medicare Part D premiums, deductibles, and co-pays.
Starting Jan. 1, older adults on Medicare will spend no more than $2,000 a year on prescription drugs when a new price cap on out-of-pocket payments from the Inflation Reduction Act goes into effect.
Early and intravenous ribavirin treatment is required for maximal efficacy, and it can produce considerable side effects. [27] Ribavirin has not been evaluated yet in controlled clinical trials. [citation needed] Use of ribavirin during pregnancy is generally not recommended, as some studies indicate the possibility of teratogenic effects. If ...