HIV DRUGS LIST

HIV drugs List lists out all Anti Retro Viral or ARV drugs . These agents are used to treat HIV positive patients due viral infection called Human Immunodeficiency Virus , a Lentivirus belongs to Retrivirus family . This infection leads to AIDS i.e. Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome .
HIV Drugs List is given below :
1-NRTI : These are Nucleoside and Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors . e.g : Emtricitabine , Tenofovir .
2-NNRTI : Non Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors : e.g. Efavirenz
3-Protease Inhibitors i.e. PIs in HIV Drugs List : Ritonavir , Darunavir , Atazanavir .
4-Integrase Inhibitors : e.g. Raltegravir . Most of the drugs are under clinical trial .
5-Entry Inhibitors : e.g. Maraviroc , Enfuvirtide .
6-HIV drugs list belongs to CCR5 receptor antagonists : These are C-C motif chemokine Receptor antagonists . e.g. Aplaviroc , Vicriviroc , Maraviroc etc.
7-Maturation inhibitors : e.g. Alpha interferon , bevirimat , Vivecon .
8-Alternative Medicines of HIV Drugs List : These are all under test trials . These agents are Naturally occuring Anti Retro Viral agents such as Spice Cumin , AL 721 , Chinese Cucumber , Herbs like St John’s Wort , the minerals selenium and zinc, Beta-carotene (Carrots), vitamin E, and Mushrooms.
All of these Medicines comes in HIV drugs List have very serious side effects have to be used as per the prescription and doctors advice .