MEDICINE

ANTIRETROVIRALS AND MECHANISMS OF ACTION

ANTIRETROVIRALS AND MECHANISMS OF ACTION

TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE

1.0     Introduction

1.1     Therapy

1.2     Historical perspective of therapy

CHAPTER TWO

2.0      drugs and their effects

2.1     A agents

2.1.1  A classes

2.2     Combination therapy

2.3     Treatment guidelines

2.4     Treatment as prevention

2.5     Concerns

2.6     Adverse effects

CHAPTER THREE

3.0     Mechanisms of action

3.1     Targeting reverse transcriptase

3.2     Targeting virus assembly and maturation

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0     Conclusion References