nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI)

Adverse effects

• lactic acidosis

• drug adverse effects of antiretroviral agents

Laboratory

• macrocytosis is often marked (used to assess compliance)

More general terms

• reverse transcriptase inhibitor (RTI)

More specific terms

• abacavir (Ziagen, ABC)
• adefovir (Hepsera)
• didanosine; dideoxyinosine (Videx, ddI)
• emtricitabine (Emtriva, FTC)
• lamivudine (3TC, Epivir)
• stavudine (Zerit, d4T)
• tenofovir (TDF)
• zalcitabine; dideoxycytosine; ddC (Hivid)
• zidovudine; azidothymidine; AZT (Retrovir)