http://www.napwa.org.au/articles-by-tx/55 Embedded view for the TXinfo ctype en-au http://www.napwa.org.au/pl/2006/01/getting-spine-the-nucleoside-backbone <p><a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/104"><span>Nucleoside analogues</span></a><span class="hovertip">A type of anti-HIV drug that works by inhibiting a stage of the HIV life cycle called reverse transcription. Non-nucleosides work in a similar way, but are chemically different.</span> are the backbone of successful anti-HIV treatments. This article examines some of the issues involved in selecting the best nucleoside backbone.</p> <p><a href="http://www.napwa.org.au/pl/2006/01/getting-spine-the-nucleoside-backbone">read more</a></p> abacavir Combivir didanosine (ddI) drug resistance emtricitabine (FTC) Kivexa lamivudine (3TC) NRTIs starting treatments stavudine (d4T) Trizivir zalcitabine (ddC) zidovudine (AZT) Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:02:38 -0800 Paul Kidd 521 at http://www.napwa.org.au