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• Sinus
  ...Better health. Web. 06 Nov. 2009. http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/sinus-infection.</ref>. This inflammation causes pressure. The pressure is often experienc ...welling or inflammation in the nasal passages and sinuses, eliminating the infection, promoting drainage from the sinuses, and maintaining open sinuses” <ref
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• Chloramphenicol
  ...e, that can result in death and also lowers the body's resistance to viral infection.
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• Doxycycline
  ...racycline antibiotics]] group and is commonly used to treat a variety of [[infection]]s. Doxycycline is a semi-synthetic tetracycline invented and clinically de ...to treat chronic [[prostatitis]], [[sinusitis]], [[syphilis]], [[Chlamydia infection|chlamydia]], [[pelvic inflammatory disease]],<ref name="pmid3162653">{{cite
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• Rifampicin
  ...rophylactic therapy against ''Neisseria meningitidis'' ([[meningococcal]]) infection. It is also used to treat infection by ''[[Listeria]]'' species, ''[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]'', ''[[Haemophilus
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• Abacavir
  ...age:Abacavir (Ziagen) 300mg.jpg|thumb|left|Two (2) Abacavir 300mg tablets]]Viral strains that are resistant to [[zidovudine]] (AZT) ''or'' [[lamivudine]] (3 ...with other antiretroviral agents, are indicated for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.
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• Didanosine
  Didanosine became the second drug approved for the treatment of HIV infection in many other countries, including in the United States by the [[Food and D ...oside analogs, it acts as a chain terminator by incorporation and inhibits viral [[reverse transcriptase]] by competing with natural [[Adenosine triphosphat
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• Emtricitabine
  ...]] [[reverse transcriptase inhibitor]] (NRTI) for the treatment of [[HIV]] infection in adults and children. ...plication of HIV, emtricitabine can help to lower the amount of HIV, or "[[viral load]]", in a patient's body and can indirectly increase the number of [[im
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• Lamivudine
  ...sphodiester linkage essential for DNA chain elongation, and therefore, the viral DNA growth is terminated. ...xplanation of the data is that lamivudine continues to have a partial anti-viral effect even in the presence of the M184V mutation.
  9 KB (1,248 words) - 16:44, 27 September 2010
• Tenofovir
  ...or]]s (nRTIs), which block [[reverse transcriptase]], an enzyme crucial to viral production in [[HIV]]-infected people. ...in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults. This indication is based on analyses of plasma HIV-1 RNA levels
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• Efavirenz
  For HIV infection that has not previously been treated, the [[United States Department of Hea ...an expanded [[postexposure prophylaxis]] regimen to reduce the risk of HIV infection in people exposed to a significant risk (e.g. needlestick injuries, certain
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• Nevirapine
  ...de [[reverse transcriptase inhibitor]] (NNRTI) used to treat [[HIV|HIV-1]] infection and [[AIDS]]. ...everse transcriptase]] enzyme, an essential viral enzyme which transcribes viral RNA into DNA. Unlike nucleoside RTIs, which bind at the enzyme's active sit
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• Atripla
  ...antiretroviral)|fixed dose combination]] drug for the treatment of [[HIV]] infection. It combines [[Gilead Sciences]]'s [[tenofovir]] and [[emtricitabine]] (alr ...rt is known to reduce the effectiveness of Atripla, resulting in increased viral load and possible resistance to Atripla.<ref name=>{{cite web | author= | t
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• Combivir
  '''Combivir''' is the brand name for a pharmaceutical treatment for [[HIV infection]]. It is a [[fixed dose combination (antiretroviral)|fixed dose combinatio ...anscriptase]], that the virus requires for reproduction. It reduces the [[viral load]] in the body and raises [[CD4 cell]] count.
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• Nelfinavir
  ...ion with [[HIV]] reverse transcriptase inhibitors for the treatment of HIV infection. <ref>{{cite journal |author=Zhang KE, Wu E, Patick AK, ''et al.'' |title=C ...he replication of the virus within the cell and also the release of mature viral particles from an infected cell. Though this mode of action is common to a
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• Ribavirin
  ...with RNA metabolism required for viral replication. How it exactly affects viral replication is unknown; many mechanisms have been proposed for this (see Me ...t activities against [[influenza]]s, [[flavivirus]]es and agents of many [[viral hemorrhagic fever]]s.
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• Ciprofloxacin
  *[[Urinary tract infection]]s (not recommended as a first-line antibiotic)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fluro *[[Lower respiratory tract infection]]s (not recommended as a first-line antibiotic choice)<ref name=cfaeocb>{{c
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• Aspirin
  ...o control [[flu-like symptoms]] or the symptoms of [[chickenpox]] or other viral illnesses, because of the risk of [[Reye's syndrome]].<ref name="BMJ2002-Ma ...commonly with a [[Respiratory tract infection (disambiguation)|respiratory infection]], [[chickenpox]], or [[diarrhea]]. Salicylates were detectable in 81.9% of
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• Zidovudine
  ...r this reason AZT is usually used in conjunction with other NRTIs and anti-viral drugs. In this form, AZT is used as an ingredient in [[Combivir]] and [[Tr ...et Rideout, Sandi Lehman and others. Their research efforts focused on the viral enzyme [[reverse transcriptase]]. Reverse transcriptase is an enzyme that r
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• Ambroxol
  ...pulmonary surfactant serve as principal defenses against influenza A virus infection in the airway and chemical agents up-regulating their levels may have thera ...): 557 - 568)</ref>Sore throat is usually caused by a viral infection. The infection is self limited and the patient recovers normally after a few days. What is
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• Fever
  ...y's [[immune]] responses that attempt to neutralize a bacterial or viral [[infection]]. A fever can be caused by many different conditions ranging from benign ...}} in 24 hours, ''e.g.'' [[lobar pneumonia]], [[typhoid]], [[urinary tract infection]], [[brucellosis]], or [[typhus]]. [[Typhoid fever]] may show a specific fe
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