Antiviral Agents Cheat Sheet
Viruses cause a variety of conditions, ranging from warts, to the common cold and “flu,” to diseases such as chickenpox and measles. A single virus particle is composed of a piece of DNA or RNA inside a protein coat.
Antiviral Agents
AGENTS FOR INFLUENZA A AND RESPIRATORY VIRUSES
- amantadine
- oseltamivir
- ribavirin
- rimantadine
- zanamivir
AGENTS FOR HERPES VIRUS AND CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
- acyclovir
- cidofovir
- famciclovir
- foscarnet
- ganciclovir
- valacyclovir
- valganciclovir
AGENTS FOR HIV AND AIDS
Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
- delavirdine
- efavirenz
- nevirapine
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
- abacavir
- didanosine
- emtricitabine
- lamivudine
- stavudine
- tenofovir
- zalcitabine
- zidovudine
Protease Inhibitors
- atazanavir
- fosamprenavir
- indinavir
- lopinavir
- nelfinavir
- ritonavir
- saquinavir
- tipranavir
Fusion Inhibitor
- enfuvirtide
CCR5 Coreceptor
- Antagonist
- maraviroc
Integrase Inhibitor
- raltegravir
ANTIHEPATITIS B AGENTS
- adefovir
- entecavir
- telbivudine
LOCALLY ACTIVE ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
- docosanol
- ganciclovir
- imiquimod
- penciclovir
- trifluridine
To carry on any metabolic processes, including replication, a virus must enter a cell. Once a virus has fused with a cell wall and injected its DNA or RNA into the host cell, that cell is altered—that is, it is “programmed” to control the metabolic processes that the virus needs to survive. The virus, including the protein coat, replicates in the host cell .
When the host cell can no longer carry out its own metabolic functions because of the viral invader, the host cell dies and releases the new viruses into the body to invade other cells.