nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors


nu·cle·o·side re·verse tran·scrip·tase in·hib·i·tors

(NRTIs) (nyū'klē-ō-sīd rĕ-vĕrs' trans-krip'tās in-hib'i-tŏrz) Class of medications to treat HIV infection (e.g., zidovudine, lamivudine).

nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors

Drugs used to treat HIV infections in combination with other drugs. Examples are abacavir (Ziagen), didanosine (Videx, Videx EC), lamivudine (Combivir, Epivir), stavudine (Zerit), zalcitabine (Hivid) and zidovudine (Retrovir). The brand Trizivir contains abacavir, lamivudine and zidovudine.