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  2. Ribavirin - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of antiviral drugs - Wikipedia

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    Ribavirin: Hepatitis C [15] nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor: Rilpivirine (Edurant) [16] HIV Rimantadine: Influenza A: M2 proton channel antagonist Ritonavir: HIV HIV-1 protease inhibitor Saquinavir: HIV Simeprevir (Olysio) Hepatitis C Sofosbuvir: Hepatitis C [17] nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor: Stavudine ...

  4. Human parainfluenza viruses - Wikipedia

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    Ribavirin is one medication which has shown good potential for the treatment of HPIV-3 given recent in-vitro tests (in-vivo tests show mixed results). [12] Ribavirin is a broad-spectrum antiviral, and as of 2012, was being administered to those who are severely immuno-compromised, despite the lack of conclusive evidence for its benefit. [12]

  5. Antiviral drug - Wikipedia

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    One antiviral strategy is to interfere with the ability of a virus to infiltrate a target cell. The virus must go through a sequence of steps to do this, beginning with binding to a specific "receptor" molecule on the surface of the host cell and ending with the virus "uncoating" inside the cell and releasing its contents. Viruses that have a ...

  6. Respiratory syncytial virus - Wikipedia

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    Ribavirin is an antiviral medication licensed for the treatment of RSV in children. [13] RSV infection is usually not serious, but it can be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and in adults, particularly the elderly and those with underlying heart or lung diseases.

  7. Peginterferon alfa-2a - Wikipedia

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    For hepatitis C it is typically used together with ribavirin and cure rates are between 24 and 92%. [3] [4] For hepatitis B it may be used alone. [5] It is given by injection under the skin. [3] Side effects are common. [6] They may include headache, feeling tired, depression, trouble sleeping, hair loss, nausea, pain at the site of injection ...

  8. Alcohol is not good for us. 5 tips to stay safe(r) if you drink

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    “Alcohol does a lot of things: the reaction time impact, the motor coordination impact, the impact on judgment — these are all legitimate pharmacological effects of alcohol,” he said ...

  9. Simeprevir - Wikipedia

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    Simeprevir is administered as one capsule once daily with pegylated interferon and ribavirin for the treatment of genotype 1 or genotype 4 chronic hepatitis C in adult people with compensated liver disease (including cirrhosis), with or without HIV-1 co-infection, who are treatment naive or who have failed previous interferon therapy.