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Acronym	Definition
3TC	Lamivudine (GlaxoSmithKline)
3TC	Dideoxythiacytidine (antiviral drug)

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Breastfeeding women who are stable on individual TDF, 3TC and EFV should be changed to the FDC if they agree to do so.

Fixed-dose combination for adults accessing antiretroviral therapy

For 3TC and d4T, the mobile phase was a mixture of 10 mM phosphate buffer, pH 6.

Comparison of HPLC & spectrophotometric methods for estimation of antiretroviral drug content in pharmaceutical products

Patients who are co-infected with hepatitis B and HIV should normally be treated with TDF and 3TC or FTC, even if there is evidence of mutation in the HIV genome associated with resistance to these agents [60].

Nucleoside analogues in 2008

The response rate among patients not receiving 3TC or FTC in their background treatment regimen was 80% versus 25% on placebo.

PHASE IIB STUDY SHOWS REVERSET ACHIEVES ANTIVIRIRAL BENEFIT

Patients took only two pills each morning--one of TDF and one of Trizivir (TZV), which contains ABC, 3TC, and AZT.

Mutations provide escape routes: once-daily regimens are no match for HIV

The study, conducted in Uganda, revealed that 78% of patients currently taking 3TC had virus that was resistant to the drug.

Virco Identifies Emerging HIV Drug Resistance in Africa

Both the 600mg and 800mg BID doses of ATC, in combination with optimised background antiretroviral therapy (ART), showed superior antiviral activity to 3TC in a population of treatment-experienced HIV-1-infected patients with the M184V mutation which included both first-line failures and patients with multiple prior treatment failures.

Avexa to Present at BIO CEO and Investor Conference

Thirty-four-year-old Craig Smith had no choice but to go to Glaxo Welcome for a free supply of the anti-AIDS drug 3TC because neither he nor California's AIDS Drug Assistance Program could afford the drug.

NEW AIDS DRUGS BRING HOPE, HEFTY PRICE TAG

9 kg kg kg AZT 60 1 1 1 AZT(new annexE) 300;10 mg/ml 6 ml 6 ml 6 ml AZT/3TC 60/30 1 1 1 AZT/3TC/NVP 60/30/50 1 1 1 ABC 60 1 1 1 ABC (new annexE) 300; 20 mg/ml 3 ml 3 ml 3 ml ABC/3TC 60/30 1 1 1 ABC/3TC/NVP 60/30/50 1 1 1 ABC/AZT/3TC 60/60/30 1 1 1 3TC 30 1 1 1 3TC (new annexE) 150;10 mg/ml 3 ml 3 ml 3 ml d4T 6 1 1 1 d4T(new annexE) various; 1 mg/ml 6 ml 6 ml 6 ml d4T/3TC 6/30 1 1 1 d4T/3TC/NVP 6/30/50 1 1 1 NVP 50 1 1 1 NVP (new annexE) 200; 10 mg/ml 5 ml 5 ml 5 ml Lopinavir/ 100/25 n/r n/r n/r ritonavir Lop/rit 80/20 mg/ml 1 ml 1.

Starting infants on antiretroviral therapy

The importance of fixed-dose combinations, and the reason there are now two more of them, is that several years ago, when AZT and 3TC were separate pills, Glaxo asked clinicians what they thought about putting them into one pill.

New fixed-dose once-a-day starting regimens: interview with Cal Cohen, M.D

ABC and 3TC are nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs).

48-Week Resistance Data Comparing GW433908, Boosted and Unboosted, With Nelfinavir in Treatment-Naive HIV+ Patients; AT A GLANCE

In addition, ZDV and 3TC caused fewer adverse effects than combinations with different nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, didanosine (ddI) and stavudine (d4T).

Efavirenz the backbone for initial treatment of HIV: ZDV, 3TC, efavirenz a good place to start. (Combination Regimen)