The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved more than 30 HIV medicines to treat HIV infection. Some HIV medicines are available in combination (in other words, two or more different HIV medicines combined in one pill). HIV medicines are grouped into seven drug classes according to how they fight HIV.Aug 16, 2021
How many HIV drugs are FDA approved?
So far, FDA has approved 32 antiretroviral drugs, 1 pharmacokinetic enhancer and 21 fixed dose combinations to treat HIV/AIDS patients.Mar 14, 2019
How many classes of antiretroviral therapy are there?
There are six different classes of antiretroviral agents: two types of reverse transcriptase inhibitors, two types of entry inhibitors, one class of inhibitors of HIV protease, and one class of inhibitors of HIV integrase.
What are the three classes of antiretroviral drugs?
Classes of antiretroviral agents include the following: Nucleoside or nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) Protease inhibitors (PIs) Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)
What are the 3 active antiretrovirals comprised of?
An antiretroviral (ARV) regimen for a treatment-naive patient generally consists of two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) administered in combination with a third active ARV drug from one of three drug classes: an integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI), a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase ...Jun 3, 2021