The AIDSinfo Drug Database provides HIV/AIDS drug fact sheets. All
antiretroviral drugs that are approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) are included in the database. The database also contains
fact sheets for many drugs used for opportunistic infections associated with
AIDS, drugs used to treat side effects of antiretroviral drugs, and other drugs
which may be used to treat people with HIV/AIDS.
The database includes both FDA-approved and investigational drugs.
Investigational, or pipeline, drugs are experimental drugs which are being
tested in both humans and animals and have not been approved by the FDA. While
there are many HIV/AIDS drugs being investigated worldwide, this database
contains only those investigational drugs that are being tested in human
clinical trials.
For each drug in the database, there is a non-technical fact sheet and a
technical fact sheet. The non-technical fact sheet provides basic information
about the drug's use, dosage, side effects, contraindications, and
manufacturer. The non-technical fact sheet also provides both the generic and
brand names, a pronunciation guide, and the date the FDA approved the drug. The
technical fact sheet provides more extensive information about the drug's
pharmacology, chemistry, and toxicity.
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