ribavirin

Ribavirin's present generic status is expected to slow research into new uses, however.

Thanks to treatment with Ribavirin, fatality rates are continuing to decline.

Ribavirin (originally also known as Virazole) is a synthetic chemical not found in nature.

From the trade names of wonder-drugs Suramin and Ribavirin.

Additionally, Ribavirin is almost twice as effective when given intravenously as when taken by mouth.

Early and aggressive treatment using Ribavirin was pioneered by Joe McCormick in 1979.

Those drugs are Ribavirin, dextran sulfate and AL721.

Ribavirin's carboxamide group can make the native nucleoside drug resemble adenosine or guanosine, depending on its rotation.

Ribavirin did not produce birth defects in baboons, but this should not be an indication that it is safe in humans.

For example, increased doses of the mutagen Ribavirin reduces the infectivity of Poliovirus.

But Schering-Plough, which took in $214 million from Ribavirin during the last year, issued a statement suggesting that the compounders were violating its rights.

FDA pregnancy category X. Ribavirin is known to cause birth defects or death in an unborn baby.

However, once infected, Ribavirin, an anti-viral drug given intravenously, is one way to treat VHF.

Now, starting on July 9, patients will be able to buy Ribavirin alone for $225 a month, from Fisher's Specialty Pharmacy Services, in Pittsburgh.

Ribavirin (generically and branded as 'RibaPak' and 'Ribasphere')

Ribavirin inhibits the replication of a wide range of RNA and DNA viruses.

Advocates for people with hepatitis C have found a way for patients to bypass a major drug company and buy an expensive medication, Ribavirin, at far below the usual price.

Ribavirin protected mice against mortality from both A and B strains of influenza, and ICN originally planned to market it as an anti-influenza drug.

In addition, the two drugs have been tested on different groups, with AZT going to seriously ill patients, while Ribavirin was given to people with a pre-AIDS condition.

The drug now at issue, Ribavirin, is approved to treat hepatitis C only in combination with another drug, Intron A. Alone, Ribavirin has no effect on the disease.

Betty Stein, a pharmacist at Fisher's, said that although Schering-Plough still has patent rights that prevent manufacturers from marketing generic forms of Ribavirin, those rules do not apply to compounding pharmacies.

The bundling of Rebetron provoked bitterness because three other companies also make interferon, and some patients who had trouble tolerating the side effects of Intron A wanted to try their luck combining Ribavirin with another brand.

Underground Market Ribavirin began circulating among AIDS sufferers in 1986, and a San Francisco patient set up an organization to buy it in bulk in Mexico and distribute it at cut-rate prices.

He is expected to remain in the hospital to complete a full, 10-day course of an intravenous antiviral drug, Ribavirin, which is effective against the arena group of viruses to which sabia belongs, Dr. Cartter said.

Ribavirin treatment during the first five days after virus infection improved survival rates, reduced tissue damage in target organs (liver and spleen), prevented hepatocellular steatosis, and normalised alanine aminotransferase (a liver damage marker) levels.