Drugs used against HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS, was once considered a lethal, highly stigmatizing disease prior to the development of antiretroviral drugs. Now, as newer drugs are being made, HIV infection is dealt as a chronic disease with essentially no transmission risk if viral load is in check. Watch this video and get an overview of the extensive pharmacology of these drugs. Timeline: 1.20 Overview 2.51 Nucleoside/ nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors 12.31 Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors 18.30 Protease inhibitors 24.07 Integrase inhibitors 25.50 Fusion inhibitors