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Fusion inhibitor: A class of antiretroviral drugs that work on the outside of the host CD4 cell to prevent HIV from fusing with and infecting it. Fusion inhibitors act by binding to an envelope protein and blocking the structural changes necessary for the virus to fuse with the host CD4 cell. If HIV cannot penetrate the host cell membrane and infect the cell, HIV cannot replicate within the host cell.
Fusion inhibitor: A class of antiretroviral drugs that work on the outside of the host CD4 cell to prevent HIV from fusing with and infecting it. Fusion inhibitors act by ...
Drug details for Fusion inhibitors for HIV. ... Enfuvirtide is available only as an injection. It is taken 2 times each day: once in the morning and then again ...
What are Entry Inhibitors (including Fusion Inhibitors)? Entry inhibitors work by ... Experimental drugs include Schering-Plough's CCR5-blocking entry inhibitor vicriviroc ...
Fusion inhibitors (FIs) are a type of antiretroviral medication that helps prevent HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) from entering and infecting human cells.
FUZEON (Enfuvirtide) Manufacturer: Hoffman-La Roche/Trimeris. The standard dose of Fuzeon is 90 mg, which is injected into the upper arm, thigh or abdo- men after being ...